Talk:George Stephenson

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[edit] points for any expansion

a) the inventor of the 'Geordie lamp' (and dispute over priority with the Davy lamp b) Chat Moss / Kilsby tunnel

possibly also what GS's loco improvements were, and his difficulty with L&M survey Rjccumbria 06:55, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Legacy

George Stephenson High School, situated in killingworth, North Tyneside is also named after him.

[edit] Hydrogen vs Fire Damp

Apropos of nothing, I assume it would be methane. Chevin 15:57, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Yep. I'm using the terminology of the time.--Old Moonraker 16:25, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Business dealings

I believe Stephenson was also accused of being involved in some shady business deals in his time, surely the article should mention this. PatGallacher 00:19, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

If you could perhaps cite what you say with some evidence it might be something an editor looks into. Unfortunately I don't know anything in particular about what you're intimating, and it might be that nobody else does either. Given it has been 3 months since this topic was flagged for a reason I have yet to see evidence on, I am removing the "neutral" flag unless someone can come up with something.--Koncorde (talk) 18:24, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Family tree?

The page on George Robert Stephenson (engineer) has this little gem:

Stephenson was born to Robert Stephenson Senior in Newcastle upon Tyne. He was born into a great family of civil engineers, his father was engineer of Pendleton Colliery and Nantlle Railway, his elder brother George Stephenson was a prolific railway engineer as were his uncle George Stephenson and cousin Robert Stephenson.

Has anyone got a brief family tree of the Railway Stephensons? I am having trouble telling all the Georges, Roberts and Robert Georges apart! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.171.3.126 (talk) 12:00, 19 May 2008 (UTC)