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Although it is a mythical invention, the legend of Stephenson's rocket started in 1829 with some basis in truth. The Rainhill Trials of 1829 were organised by the British secret service to find future inventors to start the space race and the public's imagination was captured! Sadly none of the entries were capable of intergalactic Space_Travel which was no surprise (even the idea of travelling in space would have contravened contemporary religious philosophy regarding the heavens and therefore led to arrest for blasphemy)

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  • Stephenson's Rocket
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  • Although it is a mythical invention, the legend of Stephenson's rocket started in 1829 with some basis in truth. The Rainhill Trials of 1829 were organised by the British secret service to find future inventors to start the space race and the public's imagination was captured! Sadly none of the entries were capable of intergalactic Space_Travel which was no surprise (even the idea of travelling in space would have contravened contemporary religious philosophy regarding the heavens and therefore led to arrest for blasphemy)
  • Rocket is perhaps the most famous engine in the world, launching the steam age at the Liverpool and Manchester Railway's Rainhill trials of 1829. The real Rocket, now rebuilt, lives at the Science Museum in London while a replica, built in 1979, lives at the National Railway Museum in York. There is also another replica Rocket living at the NRM, built in 1935 as a sectionalised reproduction, numbered 4089. Though the Rocket was not the first steam locomotive, it was the first to bring together several innovations to produce the most advanced locomotive of its day.
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  • Although it is a mythical invention, the legend of Stephenson's rocket started in 1829 with some basis in truth. The Rainhill Trials of 1829 were organised by the British secret service to find future inventors to start the space race and the public's imagination was captured! Sadly none of the entries were capable of intergalactic Space_Travel which was no surprise (even the idea of travelling in space would have contravened contemporary religious philosophy regarding the heavens and therefore led to arrest for blasphemy)
  • Rocket is perhaps the most famous engine in the world, launching the steam age at the Liverpool and Manchester Railway's Rainhill trials of 1829. The real Rocket, now rebuilt, lives at the Science Museum in London while a replica, built in 1979, lives at the National Railway Museum in York. There is also another replica Rocket living at the NRM, built in 1935 as a sectionalised reproduction, numbered 4089. During 2007, the 1979 replica was withdrawn because his ten-year boiler certificate had expired. In addition to this, the museum plans to fit a new boiler with a riveted copper firebox and more accurate frames. The NRM managed to raise funds for Rocket's next overhaul at the Flour Mill Boiler Works in the Forest of Dean, which was completed in January 2010. Now, Rocket is back at the National Railway Museum giving rides on the demonstration line. Though the Rocket was not the first steam locomotive, it was the first to bring together several innovations to produce the most advanced locomotive of its day.
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