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George and Robert Stephenson and the railways
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Transport improved greatly during the Victorian period. Just before Victoria came to the throne, the father and son George and Robert Stephenson pioneered the railway engine, and a major expansion of the railways followed. Railways were built throughout the Empire.
Memory tip: George and Robert Stephenson, father and son, pioneered the railway engine.
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George and Robert Stephenson were pioneers of what?
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