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The resident engineers - Mr. Dixon's journey
over the Moss - Mr. Stephenson's idea of forming a floating road upon it
Commencement of the work Drainage — Difficulty in forming an
embankment on the Moss - The directors contemplate the abandonment of

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Mr. Stephenson's residence at Alton Grange-Leases Snibston colliery-
Local improvements effected-Private life at Alton-Takes an office in
London - Surveys of new lines of railway- The Manchester and Leeds
- Incident in Committee-The Littleborough Tunnel - North Midland
- Heavy character of the works - Bull-bridge - His interest in Midland
coal-traffic-York and North Midland - Estimates - Surveys of lines
in Scotland and the North of England - Habits of accurate observation

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- Proposes a line across Morecambe Bay—Specimen of his railway journeys
Anecdote of the robins at Alton Grange- Journey into Belgium - Is
made Knight of the Order of Leopold - Public celebration at Ghent-
The turnpike roads improved by the English Government, to compete with
the railways-Openings of through lines Advantages of railway travel-
ling generally recognized

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THE NEWCASTLE COAL DISTRICT - VILLAGE OF WYLAM-GEORGE STEPHENSON'S EARLY YEARS.

THE great northern coal-field of Durham and Northumberlaud extends in an almost unbroken direction from the Tees to the Tweed. It runs along, and indeed dips under, the coast-line of the German Ocean, extending irregularly inwards into both counties, in some parts to a considerable distance. This immense field underlies some eight hundred square miles of country; and the working of the coal from the various seams gives employment to a large number of workpeople.

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