Hamilton, Ontario: the steam locomotive 'George Stephenson' with representatives of the Great Western Railway of Canada. Wood engraving, 1860.

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[1860]
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36472i
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Hamilton, Ontario: the steam locomotive 'George Stephenson' with representatives of the Great Western Railway of Canada. Wood engraving, 1860. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The engine "does great credit to her designer, Mr George Forsyth, who, in the engraving, stands under the tender, with his hands in his velveteen jacket--a true specimen of the English mechanic, and also to the indefatigable locomotive superintentent, Mr Richard Eaton, formerly on the London and South Western railway, who stands, like a captain of a ship, on the footplate of the engine. ... The personages round the engine represent the principal employés in Canada--Mr W.C. Stephens, the secretary in Canada; Mr A. Ayres, mechanical draughtsman; Mr G.H. Mingaye, the paymaster; Mr C.J. Brydges, the managing director, standing on the engine; and Mr Thomas Reynolds, the financial director-all in winter costume." -- Illustrated London news, loc. cit.

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[London] : [Illustrated London news], [1860]

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1 print : wood engraving ; sheet 24.5 x 36.1 cm

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The "George Stephenson" locomotive engine built at Hamilton, Canada West, for the Great Western Railway of Canada. ...

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Wellcome Collection 36472i

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