1801 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1801.
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[edit] 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.[1]
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[edit] July births
- July 29 – George Bradshaw, English cartographer, printer and publisher and the originator of the railway timetable (d. 1853).
[edit] September births
- September 8 – Byron Kilbourn, president of the Milwaukee and Mississippi Railroad 1849-1852 (d. 1870).
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[edit] References
- ^ "RAILROADS - Business History of Companies". KipNotes.com. Archived from the original on 05 July 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080705140646/http://www.kipnotes.com/Railroads.htm. Retrieved 2008-07-17.
