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Built in 1829, Stephenson's Rocket found the winning formula for steam power and its innovations were adopted by steam locomotives for the ensuing 130 years.

As Anthony Coulls reveals, there's more to Rocket than its reputation as a genuinely revolutionary piece of engineering. Across its nearly 200-year life, this pioneer of steam has been involved in a number of accidents and been used in a variety of applications.

After a long stint at the Science Museum in London and the National Railway Museum in York, Rocket is currently based at Locomotion in Shildon, where it is on display next to its Rainhill Trials rival Sans Pareil. It will eventually return to the NRM in York, where it was filmed for this episode of Curator with a Camera.

To find out more about Locomotion, visit the museum's website: https://www.locomotion.org.uk/

To find out more about the National Railway Museum, that's here: https://www.railwaymuseum.org.uk/


Chapters

00:00-00:23 Intro
00:23-02:00 A brief history of Rocket and the Rainhill Trials
02:00-02:43 Not just a world-leader, but a workhorse
02:43-03:45 The boiler
03:45-04:25 Cylinders and connecting rods
04:25-05:07 Exhaust pipes and driving wheels
05:07-05:34 The first land speed record?
05:34-06:35 Modified smokebox
06:35-06:52 Bufferbeam
06:52-07:38 Sold in 1836 for colliery use
07:38-08:20 Cylinder refinements
08:20-09:28 Rocket's final owner and missing pieces
09:28-10:15 Science Museum makeover
10:15-11:13 What is left of the original Rocket?
11:13-12:12 Rocket's place in history
12:12-12:45 Like and subscribe!

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