1833 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1833.
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[edit] Events
[edit] February events
- February 15 - The Western Railroad of Massachusetts is chartered to build a railroad between Worcester, Massachusetts, and the New York state line.
[edit] April events
- April 29 - The Utica and Schenectady Railroad is chartered.
[edit] May events
- May 6 - Grand Junction Railway and London and Birmingham Railway are both authorised by the Parliament of the United Kingdom.[1]
[edit] June events
- June 6 - Andrew Jackson rides the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad from Ellicott City to Baltimore, first US President to travel by rail during his term of office.
[edit] September events
- September - Eleazer Lord becomes first president of the Erie Railroad.[2]
[edit] November events
November 8 - The Hightstown rail accident in New Jersey is the first to involve passenger deaths.
[edit] Unknown date events
- Construction is completed on the Camden and Amboy Railroad in New Jersey.
- Tredegar Iron Works, an American steam locomotive manufacturer, is formed in Virginia.
- The Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway operates a wagon ferry on the Forth and Clyde Canal in Scotland.[3]
- Paterson and Hudson River Railroad is chartered.[4]
[edit] Births
- December 6 – Thaddeus C. Pound, president of Chippewa Falls and Western Railway and St. Paul Eastern Grand Trunk Railway (d. 1914).[5]
[edit] Deaths
[edit] April deaths
- April 22 - Richard Trevithick, English inventor and steam locomotive builder (b. 1771).
[edit] References
- ^ Jenkinson, David (1988). The London & Birmingham: a railway of consequence. Harrow Weald: Capital Transport. pp. 8. ISBN 1-85414-102-3.
- ^ Stratton, Fred. "Erie Railroad presidents". http://erierr.railfan.net/eriepres.html. Retrieved 2005-03-02.
- ^ Marshall, John (1989). The Guinness Railway Book. Enfield: Guinness. ISBN 0-85112-359-7.
- ^ http://erielackhs.org/Erie/ERIEHOME.html Accessed November 30, 2008.
- ^ Easton, Larry E. (Summer 2007). "The Wisconsin Central in Eau Claire". The Soo (The Soo Line Historical and Technical Society) 29 (3): pp 9–43. ISSN 0733-5296.
