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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)
George Stephenson High School, situated in killingworth, North Tyneside is also named after him.
Apropos of nothing, I assume it would be methane. Chevin 15:57, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
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)
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)
The following reference occurs in the article: Robert Stephenson had tried a locomotive on the freight line between Kilmarnock and Troon, in 1815, nine years prior to the Darlington Stockton railway line, however it had proved unsuccessful. Robert was about twelve years old at the time. Is this meant to refer to George? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dposte46 ( talk • contribs)
HIs life was great —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.172.18.179 ( talk) 17:21, 21 February 2010 (UTC)
"That he invented to grow his cucumbers in" is wrong, citing preposition: "a preposition...precedes its phrase". Perhaps editors have overlooked this, and the name preposition (clue!). Should be reverted, once again, to the correct version from 15 March. -- Old Moonraker ( talk) 18:37, 25 March 2010 (UTC)
However I don't agree with the version to which the article has been reverted. You can't say 'in which he invented' about the glass tubes. That implies that he was inside the tubes when he made his invention. I have therefore changed the sentence to avoid the use of 'in. Dposte46 ( talk) 11:35, 26 March 2010 (UTC)
This derivation is now labelled a "theory" in the article. My initial response was that the OED doesn't do "theory", only fact. However, the work is quite specific about the lamp so describing the later transfer of the word to Tynesiders generally as "theory" wouldn't directly contradict the source. I suggest, once again in the "spirit of compromise", leaving the new introductory sentence as it is but in the second sentence attaching it just to this bit, thus allowing the distinction. -- Old Moonraker ( talk) 17:34, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
My attitude to this is that despite what the OED mights say (and I don't think the OED is infallible) there is more than one theory regarding the origin of the word "Geordie" and that there is no concrete evidence to support either. The two main theories seem to be the one regarding George Stephenson's lamp and the one based on the fact that the town of Newcastle stood out against the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745, and in favour of King George. Both theories only seem to be based on anecdotal evidence which is fairly insubstantial. A lot seems to depend on the earliest recorded date in which the term "Geordie" was used. I don't personally favour either explanation, apart from the fact that the earliest use of the term "Geordie" was restricted to people from Newcastle and was only later extended to people from Tyneside. Given that north-east miners were spread all over the region, if they all used George Stephenson's lamp, why would Geordies be restricted to Newcastle? I think that the Wikipedia article on "Geordie" covers the question adequately without coming down on either side. I don't suggest that the idea of George Stephenson giving his name to the Geordies is wrong, but I am concerned that it is not an established fact and I don't think that alternative theories should be ignored. Dposte46 ( talk) 20:40, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
In a book I have just read "Beating the Record" by G. Stebbing written about 1905 it indicates he was only married once to Fanny who died after giving birth to a little girl who also died and it does not indicate he ever married again. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.54.130.47 ( talk • contribs)
This is a tad odd, but elements of Stephenson's biography (death of Fanny Henderson, father blinded) are recited in the Firesign Theater sketch "Coal!" I don't know whether that's an appropriate detail to add or not, so I thought I'd just toss it out there. David A Spitzley ( talk) 16:55, 23 October 2012 (UTC)
If it's Jesse Hartley's bridge, what is it doing on George Stephenson's page? The cited reference doesn't mention Hartley at all, and says that Stephenson built it. Chuntuk ( talk) 16:31, 22 November 2016 (UTC)
I've heard it claimed that Stephenson's accent/dialect was so thick that he had to take an interpreter with him in order to be understood in London. Anyone know of any evidence for this or is it just a myth? Cassandra Cassandrathesceptic ( talk) 12:44, 30 November 2016 (UTC)
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Wikipedia seems to have nothing on who invented the flanged wheel, which was essential to high speed rail transport and highly non-obvious, as tramways had operated for millennia with ordinary wheels, and late 18th/early 19th railroads often used flanged rails. This source says George Stephenson invented flanged wheels, but its source link is broken. Enon ( talk) 17:10, 23 November 2017 (UTC)
I have raised a citation need against the statement Stephenson's third marriage ceremony took place in "St John's Church in Shrewsbury, Shropshire". I have not heard that he married in the town (near my home) and there has never been a church dedicated to St John in the town, although there was from the later 19th century until it closed in 2005 the "St John's Hill Methodist Church", which it took its name from the street it was in (Methodists didn't do church dedications). I suspect the church's name or the town's name might be an error. Cloptonson ( talk) 10:58, 17 September 2023 (UTC)