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Born September 7, 1808 • London • England
Died May 22, 1900 (aged 91) • Blackheath • England
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George Stephenson
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Smeaton, detail of an engraving by W. Bromley, 1798, after a portrait by J. Brown
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Baker, Sir Benjamin
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Thomas Brassey
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Robert Stephenson
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Sir John Hawkshaw.
Sir John Hawkshaw
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