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On the opening day of the railway,Air Max 2009 Shoes, Joseph Locke was driving Rocket when it collided with, and fatally wounded, William Huskisson MP. Huskisson is widely acknowledged as the first death in a rail accident. Locke was shaken by this event,Nike Air Rejuven 8, but he was never blamed for the unfortunate accident.
With George and Robert Stephenson, Joseph Locke was instrumental in developing the Liverpool to Manchester Railway, the first commercial passenger railway in the World. He was a great advocate of the locomotive steam engine,Nike Shox Turbo Shoes, rather than fixed engines; where trains are propelled with a system of ropes. Together with Robert Stephenson he made a presentation to Parliament defending the value and importance of steam locomotive transport. Notable Works of Joseph Locke First Death on the Railway George and Robert Stephenson,Air Max 24 7 Shoes, Isambard Kingdom Brunel are three famous railway engineers, most people can easily name; but what about Joseph Locke? Locke's contribution to early railway and engineering history is just as laudable, though few people have heard of him. Read on Cherryburn and Wylam, Tyne Valley Northumberland Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806 -1859) The Minutes of the Lazarus Club Liverpool to Manchester Railway Joseph Locke was born in Attercliffe, Sheffield, England in 1805. His family moved to Barnsley, Yorkshire when he was five. After an education at Barnsley Grammar School, his father managed to obtain him an apprenticeship with George Stephenson in Newcastle Upon Tyne. 相关的主题文章: Air Max 24 7 Islam - The Etiquette of Reciting or Nike Air Max 180 Jesus Calms the Storm Preschool S Air Max 1 The South Sea Bubble England's Financial |