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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 3, Issue 3 (July 2, 1928)

The “Father of Railways.”

The “Father of Railways.”

No railwayman will ever forget the name of George Stephenson, the “Father of Railways” (writes our London correspondent). In commemoration of the centenary of the opening of the Stockton and Darlington line in 1825, there has just been presented to the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, by railwaymen in the Argentine, a bronze plaque, intended for erection at the Institution headquarters in London. This plaque, mounted on a large marble slab, contains a likeness of George Stephenson, and a representation of the locomotive “Rocket,” which made history on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. In unveiling the memorial, the Argentine Ambassador remarked that the plaque was intended to testify the admiration and respect felt by the donors for the man of genius whose steam locomotive so materially changed the conditions of life on our planet. That South America, where railways have virtually changed the whole face of the country, should thus revere the memory of the “Father of Railways” is especially gratifying.