George Stephenson was a commendable magnate who shaped and cultivated the application of Civil Engineering. The objective of this essay is to explore the achievements of George Stephenson. The essay will be divided into four main parts which are a concise biography of George Stephenson, the impact that his work has had on my interest in Civil Engineering, the reasons why his work is worthwhile to study and an evaluation of his successes and contributions.
George Stephenson, remembered as the “Father of Railways” [2], was born in Wylam in 1781 [3]. Initially he started working with his fireman father at local coal mines when he was a teenager to support his family [4]. Since Stephenson was raised by an illiterate poor family [5], he was self-motivated to learn how to read and write as soon as he could afford to pay for his own night school education [6]. As Stephenson was fascinated about machinery, he was appointed as the enginewright at Killingworth Colliery because of his diligence in 1812 [7]. Subsequently in 1814, he designed his first steam locomotive, Blucher, successfully [8]. Then by 1825, he convinced Edward Pease with his breakthrough of 8-mile railway in 1821 [9] and was granted to work out the Stockton and Darlington railway that was the first railway driven without animal power [10].The success of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway in 1830 [12] and the Rocket in 1829 [13] secured his prestige. Later, he was selected as the first President of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers in 1847 [14] and died in 1848 [4].
In view of my interest in Civil Engineering, I chose to study George Stephenson because he was an outstanding civil and mechanical engineer. George Stephenson is thought to have established the foundatio...
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...tephenson, because he inherited the fame from his father and financial support as George Stephenson got richer later in his lifetime. In spite of these criticisms, George Stephenson had definitely led Britain forward on its development of railways and paved the footsteps for other engineers to follow. On balance, he is deemed to be a gifted and exceptional engineer who made a tremendous influence on the application of both Civil and Mechanical Engineering to the human activities.
From the evidence discussed above, it is clear to see that George Stephenson was an outstanding figure who sculpted the development of Civil Engineer by his input to the railways. His triumph was remarkable yet his prestige could be shared between his son and his assistants. It is irrefutable that he laid down the keystone for Civil Engineering and had his global impacts on transportation.
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