1830. A series of contemporary reports regarding the Rainhill Railway Trials and development of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. Historical details, construction & costs, preparatory experiments, description of the railway, opening of the railway, the accident (death of Wm. Huskisson), commencement of traffic, performance of the engines, Stephensons' locomotive "The Northumbrian, the locomotive carriages of Stephenson, Braithwaite, and Ericsson, further correspondence, commencement of goods carrying, derailment of The Meteor, The William the Fourth, etc. All contained in a series of 7 disbound issues of the Mechanics' Magazine, September, October, November 1830 & January 1831.
London: Mechanics' Magazine, 1830-31. First Edition. Disbound. The collection consists of the following complete issues: No. 372, Sept 25th (32 pages); No. 373, Oct 2nd (16 pages); No. 375, Oct 16th (16 pages); No. 378, Nov 6th (16 pages); No. 380, Nov 20th (16 pages); No. 384, Dec 18th (16..... More