1814 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1814.
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[edit] Events
[edit] July events
- July 25 - George Stephenson puts his first steam locomotive in service, the Blücher for Killingworth Colliery on Tyneside in England.
[edit] Births
[edit] January births
- January 21 - Wendel Bollman, designer of the Bollman Truss Railroad Bridge (d. 1884).
[edit] September births
- September 11 - John Ramsbottom, superintendent of the Manchester and Birmingham Railway (d. 1897).
[edit] Unknown date births
- Andrew Barclay, Scottish steam locomotive builder (d. 1900).[1][2]
[edit] Deaths
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[edit] References
- ^ "Overview of Andrew Barclay". http://www.scottish-places.info/people/famousfirst394.html. Retrieved 2005-02-09.
- ^ Wear, Russell (1977). The Locomotive Builders of Kilmarnock. Industrial Railway Society. ISBN 0-902888-81-1.
