Talk:George Stephenson

message: 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)
thread_title:  points  for any expansion 

message: Apropos of nothing, I assume it would be methane. Chevin 15:57, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yep. I'm  using the terminology of the time.--Old Moonraker 16:25, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Hydrogen vs Fire Damp

message: 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)
replies: text: If you could perhaps cite what you say with some evidence it might be something an editor looks into.  Unfortunately I don't know anything in particular about what you're intimating, and it might be that nobody else does either.  Given it has been 3 months since this topic was flagged for a reason I have yet to see evidence on, I am removing the "neutral" flag unless someone can come up with something.--Koncorde (talk) 18:24, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Business dealings

message: 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)
thread_title:  Family tree? 

message: 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) 
:Fixed. Thanks for pointing this out. --Old Moonraker (talk) 11:04, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Reference to Robert Stephenson

message: "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)
replies: text: Looks a bit lumpy, but as a compromise works well.--Old Moonraker (talk) 11:59, 26 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Word order 

message: 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)
thread_title:  Pop Culture Reference? 

message: 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)
thread_title:  "Jesse Hartley's skew arch bridge" 

message: 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)
replies: text: London?   He had difficulties just in Newcastle. Look at some of the descriptions of his presentations to the Lit & Phil.  Stephenson was looked down on by many urban Newcastle sophisticates. He was from a village outside the city, he was poorly born, he worked with his hands, and he had the accent of a coal miner. Oh, and he revolutionised three whole industries, near single-handed.  He was lauded by miners (and why his lamp was accepted so readily) because he sounded like "one of them". Amongst the affluent merchant class of Newcastle he'd be understood, but he was regularly snubbed socially, even after he'd become rich enough to buy them all for cash. Andy Dingley (talk) 13:23, 30 November 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Accent/Dialect 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: 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)
thread_title: Venue of third marriage ceremony (section Personal life)