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Why George Invented The First Railway

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George Stephenson was born in 1781 in Wylam, Northumberland and died on 1848 and was a very successful man in relation to his invention. George built the first railway and locomotive in Britain. This great discovery had gone beyond Britain but became a worldwide standard of transporting many goods. George would have probably been better off without a wife because he got married three times! George made the first locomotive in 1814 at a young age of 33. In 1819, George had created the first railway in Sutherland which was 8 miles long. One main reason as to why George had discovered the railway would be because he worked his whole life in mines and knew there could have been an easier way of transporting the minerals more efficiently. Today
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