1802 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1802.
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[edit] Events
[edit] March events
- March 24 - Andrew Vivian and Richard Trevithick of Cornwall, England, are granted the first British patent for a steam engine for propelling carriages and other purposes.[1]
[edit] June events
- June 3 - Carmarthenshire Railway or Tramroad authorised under Act of Parliament, the first granted for a public railway in Wales.[2] Its acquisition of the Carmarthenshire Dock at Llanelly also makes it the world’s first dock-owning public railway company.[3]
[edit] Births
[edit] July births
- July 2 - William Norris, American steam locomotive builder and founder of Norris Locomotive Works (d. 1867).[4]
[edit] Unknown date births
- Moncure Robinson, builder of the Chesterfield Railroad (d. 1891).
[edit] Deaths
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[edit] References
- ^ "Camborne Hill". Federation of Old Cornwall Societies. 2001. http://www.oldcornwall.org/camborne_hill.htm. Retrieved 2010-06-05.
- ^ Price, M.R.C. (1992). The Llanelly & Mynydd Mawr Railway. Oxford: Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-423-7.
- ^ Balkwill, Richard; Marshall, John (1993). The Guinness Book of Railway Facts and Feats (6th ed.). Enfield: Guinness Publishing. ISBN 0-85112-707-X.
- ^ "American locomotive engineers". Archived from the original on 15 February 2005. http://web.archive.org/web/20050215023132/http://steamindex.com/people/american.htm. Retrieved 2005-02-09.
