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**//George Stephenson’s Rocket //**  //__Theme #3: __// //Scientific and technological developments and their consequences.//  As the nineteenth century progressed, the need for a faster, revolutionary form of transportation/machine became more and more apparent. In 1830, George Stephenson engineered the first steam engine that could be used for land travel. His work was a modified version of the steam engine that James Watt and Matthew Boulton had created for water transportation in 1763. However, Stephenson’s engine was much more advanced because it could travel from Liverpool to Manchester at a blazing 16 miles per hour. Stephenson’s land engine quickly caused English companies to organize more rail lines. This railroad system was used to transport people, raw materials, and most of all goods to sell and make a profit off of. Stephenson’s pioneering for efficient land transportation started the age of the railroad, a form of transportation that would revolutionize the nations of Western Europe.   McKay, John P., John Buckler, and Bennett D. Hill. __A History of Western society__. 7th ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2003. 
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