Title

'The Iron Horse Past and Present', c1900. Artist: Unknown

Caption

'The Iron Horse Past and Present', c1900. The development of the railway locomotive from George Stephenson's 'Rocket' of 1829, through 'North Star' which worked on the Great Western Railway 1836-1870, to a Great Northern Railway engine of the late 1890s. From Bubbles published by Dr Barnado's Homes for Children. (London, c1900).
Oxford Science Archive

Date

1900

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B65_415

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

49,9Mb (4,0Mb) / 11,7in x 16,6in / 3511 x 4970 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation technology train steam British railway color colour progress century Britain steam power rocket first railway track concept north Star 19th century 1900s 20th century nineteenth century steam locomotive Oxford Science Archive Great Northern Railway Great Western Railway GWR oleograph George chromolithograph Unknown George Stephenson Stephenson GNR George Stephenson chromolithograph