Stockton
['stɔktən]
Examples
- Steamers plied daily between San Francisco and both Stockton and Sacramento. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- It was not until 1827-29 that John Walker, chemist, at Stockton-upon-Tees, improved upon the idea of Prometheus and Hanckwitz of giving fire to men in a hollow tube. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Meantime Mr. Pease was again growing eager to build his Darlington and Stockton line. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- At length, however, Edward Pease, of Darlington, planned a road to run from Stockton to Darlington, and set about building it. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Stockton_ (the latter built by the Lairds of Birkenhead and launched in 1837). William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Passengers and gold from the southern mines came by the Stockton boat; from the northern mines by Sacramento. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Stephenson called this coach the Experiment, and in a short time it had become the most popular means of travel between Stockton and Darlington. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Stockton, built in accordance with the plans of his patent and sent to the United States. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- In spite of the powerful opposition that the company encountered, and the threats of the road trustees and others, the Stockton and Darlington line was opened for travel on September 27, 1825. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- With the Stockton and Darlington Railway an assured and successful fact, the men who had been interested in building a line between Liverpool and Manchester earlier took up the subject again. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
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