Front cover image for The life of Robert Stephenson, F.R.S. etc. etc., late President of the Institution of Civil Engineers : with descriptive chapters on some of his most important professional works by William Pole, F.R.S., member of the Institution of Civil Engineers. Vol. II

The life of Robert Stephenson, F.R.S. etc. etc., late President of the Institution of Civil Engineers : with descriptive chapters on some of his most important professional works by William Pole, F.R.S., member of the Institution of Civil Engineers. Vol. II

This second volume of biography covers: the battle of railway gauges; Stephenson's work on iron bridges; the Britannia bridge; the high-level bridge at Newcastle; his work on the Chester and Holyhead Railway; his political career; his time in London society; the Victoria bridge in Canada; his final years

eBook, English, 1864
Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green, London, 1864