The life of George Stephenson, railway engineer - Lighthouse ...

56 LIFE OF GEORGE STEPHENSON. [chap. vi.
mill was put up for the purpose of driving a pumping apparatus,
but it failed to draw the water. Stephenson was asked what
they were to do in order to clear the quarry. He said " he
would set up for them an engine no bigger than a kail-pot that
would clear them out in a week." And he did so. A little en-
gine was speedily erected by him, and by its means the quarry
was pumped dry in the course of a few days. Thus his local
celebrity very soon became considerable.