1801 in rail transport

1801 in rail transport

Events

December events

*December 24 – Richard Trevithick demonstrates the first full-sized road locomotive to the public, successfully carrying a number of men up Beacon Hill. [cite web| url=http://www.kipnotes.com/Railroads.htm| title=RAILROADS - Business History of Companies| work=KipNotes.com| accessdate=2008-07-17| ]

Births

July births

* July 29 – George Bradshaw, English cartographer, printer and publisher and the originator of the railway timetable (d. 1853).

September births

* September 8 – Byron Kilbourn, president of the Milwaukee and Mississippi Railroad 1849-1852 (d. 1870).

Deaths

References


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