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Tag: Manchester

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8th October 1829: Robert Stephenson’s locomotive Rocket wins the Rainhill Trials

8th October 2019
Tagged as: Industrial Revolution, Invention, Liverpool, Manchester, Railways, Science, Steam, Technology, Train

On the 8^th October 1829, Robert Stephenson’s steam locomotive The Rocket won the Rainhill Trials and secured a prize of £500 and the contract for Robert Stephenson and Company to produce locomotives for the new Liverpool & Manchester Railway that opened the following year.

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15th September 1830: William Huskisson killed on the Liverpool & Manchester Railway

15th September 2019
Tagged as: Industrial Revolution, Liverpool, Manchester, Railways, Steam, Technology, Transport

The British MP William Huskisson died as a result of a fatal accident on the opening day of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway.

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16th August 1819: Protesters killed in the Peterloo Massacre

16th August 2018
Tagged as: Britain, Economy, Law, Manchester, Military, Politics, Protest

On the 16^th August 1819, the Peterloo Massacre occurred at St Peter’s Field in Manchester when a group of over 60,000 protesters were charged by cavalry.