1805 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1805.
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[edit] Births
[edit] June births
- June 15 - William Butler Ogden, president of the Chicago and North Western Railway (d. 1877).
[edit] August births
- August 9 - Joseph Locke, English civil engineer who became Chief Engineer on the Grand Junction Railway (d. 1860).
[edit] November births
- November 7 - Thomas Brassey, English railway contractor who supervised the construction of more than 6500 miles (10461 km) of track around the world (d. 1870).[1]
[edit] Unknown date births
- George S. Griggs, pioneering master mechanic in American steam locomotive manufacturing (d. 1870).
- William Swinburne, American locomotive designer and builder (d. 1883).
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[edit] References
- White, John H., Jr. (1968). A history of the American locomotive; its development: 1830-1880. Dover Publications, New York, NY. ISBN 0-486-23818-0.
- ^ Helps, Arthur The Life and Works of Mr Brassey, 1872 republished Nonsuch, 2006 ISBN 1-84588-011-0
