The Civil enginneer and mechanical engineer George Stephenson was born on

June 9th, 1781 in Wylam, Northumberland, England. There is no information

about their studies. He got married 3 times, firts with Frances Henderson from
1802 and divorced in 1806, then to Elizabeth Hindmarsh from 1820 and
divorced in 1845, finally he married Ellen Gregory in 1848. The engineer
George Stephenson had 2 children based on his first marriage, the first is called
Robert Stephenson, he was also an engineer and Frances Stephenson, this
son died when he was a child, the date is unknown. The enginneer George
Stephenson died on August 12, 1848 at age 67 in Chesterfield, Derbyshire in
England. He is recognized as the “Father of railways” for creating the wolrd’s
first public rail line using steam locomotives.

George Stephenson is remembered as the inventor of the modern railroad, for

her great contribution to railways, The engineer made the first modern railway
line at Liverpool - Manchester in 1830, also the material type of rails and
locomotives. He is creator of the 1435 mm track gauge, actually known as
“standard track gauge” on railroad tracks, these inventions consolidated his
fame forever.

The railroad invented by George Stephenson contributed to economic

development by transporting raw materials, and also contributed to social
development by giving workplaces to people for the construction of railway
tracks. This invention came to Peru in the government of Ramon Castilla, which
was used for transport guano, raw materials and people. Finally, the railway
created by George Stephenson promoted the transport of people, also this
reason for the construction of better railroads as the electric train and bullet
train.