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Steam locomotive
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Copy of photograph taken in March 1876 by Colonel Stuart
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Steam locomotive
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Steam locomotive
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Steam locomotive
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Copy of photograph taken in March 1876 by Colonel Stuart
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Steam locomotive
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Steam locomotive
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Steam locomotive
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

L&MR 0-2-2 'Rocket', 1829.
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Detail of steam locomotive
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Detail of steam locomotive
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Detail of steam locomotive
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Detail of steam locomotive
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Detail of steam locomotive
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Detail of steam locomotive
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Detail of steam locomotive
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Detail of steam locomotive
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Detail of steam locomotive
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Detail of steam locomotive
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Steam locomotive, remains of Robert Stephenson's 0-2-2 locomotive 'Rocket', designed by Robert Stephenson and made by Robert Stephenson & Co., Newcastle upon Tyne, England, 1829 (see part records)

The Rocket, designed by Robert Stephenson (1803-1859), was the clear winner in the locomotive trials held at Rainhill in 1829 to decide the motive power for the Liverpool & Manchester Railway. It represented a substantial technical advance over previous designs,bringing together in one machine such developments as the multi-tube boiler and the blast-pipe. The speed of progress, however, meant that the Rocket was substantially rebuilt within 18 months and laid aside within 10 years. It was preserved in 1862 incomplete and semi-derelict but it had set the pattern for the future and remains the most significant of all early railway locomotives.

Details

Category:
Locomotives and Rolling Stock
Object Number:
1862-5
Materials:
iron, pine (wood), steel (metal) and brass (copper, zinc alloy)
Measurements:
overall: 4200 mm x 4300 mm x 2100 mm, (estimated) 3000 kg
type:
steam locomotive
credit:
Donated by Thompson and Sons

Parts

Wheel cap, from Robert Stephenson's 0-2-2 locomotive 'Rocket', 1829.

Wheel cap, from Robert Stephenson's 0-2-2 locomotive 'Rocket', 1829.

wheel cap from steam locomotive, remains of Robert Stephenson's 0-2-2 locomotive "Rocket", 1829.

Object Number:
1862-5/2
type:
wheel component
Works plate from Rocket

Works plate from Rocket

Works plate from remains of Robert Stephenson's 0-2-2 locomotive "Rocket", 1829.

Object Number:
1862-5/3
type:
works plate