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Red and black plaque № 9863

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Locomotive No.1 The oldest surviving steam locomotive in Australia Built by Robert Stephenson & Co. in 1854, this is the only locomotive designed by James McConnell, one of the founders of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, to have been preserved. Locomotive No.1 symbolises the transformation

of social, industrial and commercial life in New South Wales through British railway technology.

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