A steam locomotive is a locomotive powered by steam. The term usually refers to its use on railways, but can also refer to a "road locomotive" such as a traction engine or steamroller.... designed by Richard Roberts
Richard Roberts (engineer)
Richard Roberts was a British engineer whose development of high-precision machine tools contributed to the birth of production engineering and mass production.... and built by Sharp, Roberts and Company
Sharp, Roberts and Company
Sharp, Roberts and Company was a Locomotive manufacturer in Manchester, England. Thomas Sharp and Richard Roberts opened the Atlas Works in 1828 to manufacture textile machinery and machine tools.... in 1834 for the Dublin and Kingstown Railway
Dublin and Kingstown Railway
The Dublin and Kingstown Railway , which opened in 1834, was Ireland?s first railway. It linked Pearse railway station in Dublin with D?n Laoghaire West Pier in County Dublin.... (D&KR). The locomotive had vertical cylinders driving via bell crank
Bell crank
A bell crank is a type of crank that changes motion around a 90 degree angle. The name comes from its first use, changing the vertical pull on a rope to a horizontal pull on the striker of a bell , used for calling servants in upper class United Kingdom households.... s.
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A steam locomotive is a locomotive powered by steam. The term usually refers to its use on railways, but can also refer to a "road locomotive" such as a traction engine or steamroller.... designed by Richard Roberts
Richard Roberts (engineer)
Richard Roberts was a British engineer whose development of high-precision machine tools contributed to the birth of production engineering and mass production.... and built by Sharp, Roberts and Company
Sharp, Roberts and Company
Sharp, Roberts and Company was a Locomotive manufacturer in Manchester, England. Thomas Sharp and Richard Roberts opened the Atlas Works in 1828 to manufacture textile machinery and machine tools.... in 1834 for the Dublin and Kingstown Railway
Dublin and Kingstown Railway
The Dublin and Kingstown Railway , which opened in 1834, was Ireland?s first railway. It linked Pearse railway station in Dublin with D?n Laoghaire West Pier in County Dublin.... (D&KR). The locomotive had vertical cylinders driving via bell crank
Bell crank
A bell crank is a type of crank that changes motion around a 90 degree angle. The name comes from its first use, changing the vertical pull on a rope to a horizontal pull on the striker of a bell , used for calling servants in upper class United Kingdom households.... s.
History
Hibernia was built in 1834 for the D&KR. She was one of a class of three similar locomotives. Like Experiment
Experiment (locomotive)
Experiment was a steam locomotive designed and built by Richard Roberts in 1830 for the Liverpool and Manchester Railway . The locomotive had vertical cylinders driving via bell cranks.... , power transmission from the vertical cylinders was via bell crank
Bell crank
A bell crank is a type of crank that changes motion around a 90 degree angle. The name comes from its first use, changing the vertical pull on a rope to a horizontal pull on the striker of a bell , used for calling servants in upper class United Kingdom households.... s.
Hibernia pulled the first train on the D&KR on 9 October 1834, which consisted of eight carriages.
