Rocket Returns

Type:Exhibition

Science and Industry Museum, Liverpool Road, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M3 4FP
Rocket Returns

About

Stephenson's Rocket will return to Manchester for the first time in over 180 years. Designed by Robert Stephenson, Rocket's win proved once and for all that locomotives were better at pulling trains along the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. This technology was extended across the entire railway network, paving the way for the modern rail network This is a once-in-a lifetime opportunity to see an iconic symbol return return to the site of the world's oldest surviving passenger railway.

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