Hibernia (locomotive)
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Hibernia was a steam locomotive
designed by Richard Roberts
and built by Sharp, Roberts and Company
in 1834 for the Dublin and Kingstown Railway
(D&KR). The locomotive had vertical cylinders driving via bell crank
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, power transmission from the vertical cylinders was via bell crank
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Hibernia pulled the first train on the D&KR on 9 October 1834, which consisted of eight carriages.
Steam locomotive
A steam locomotive is a railway locomotive that produces its power through a steam engine. These locomotives are fueled by burning some combustible material, usually coal, wood or oil, to produce steam in a boiler, which drives the steam engine...
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.-Early life:...
and built by Sharp, Roberts and Company
Sharp, Roberts and Company
Sharp, Stewart and Company was a steam locomotive manufacturer, initially based in Manchester, England. The company was formed in 1843 upon the demise of Sharp, Roberts & Co. and moved to Glasgow, Scotland in 1888, eventually amalgamating with two other Glasgow-based locomotive manufacturers to...
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 Westland Row in Dublin with Kingstown Harbour’s West Pier in County Dublin.-History:...
(D&KR). The locomotive had vertical cylinders driving via bell crank
Bell crank
A bell crank is a type of crank that changes motion through an angle. The angle can be any angle from 0 to 360 degrees, although 90 degrees and 180 degrees are common....
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History
Hibernia was built in 1834 for the D&KR. She was one of a class of three similar locomotives. Like ExperimentExperiment (locomotive)
Experiment was a steam locomotive designed and built by Richard Roberts in 1833 for the Liverpool and Manchester Railway . The locomotive had vertical cylinders driving via bell cranks.-History:...
, power transmission from the vertical cylinders was via bell crank
Bell crank
A bell crank is a type of crank that changes motion through an angle. The angle can be any angle from 0 to 360 degrees, although 90 degrees and 180 degrees are common....
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Hibernia pulled the first train on the D&KR on 9 October 1834, which consisted of eight carriages.