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Rainhill trials (1829)
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Oct 1829 — Trials to choose the locomotive for the Liverpool & Manchester. The Stephensons’ Rocket wins, reaching about 30 mph. The line opens on 15 Sep 1830 as the first inter-city railway run entirely by steam.
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- Early railways and Railway Mania (chapter 4 of Industrial Revolution)
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- The Industrial Revolution, 1750–1914
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