1832 in rail transport

1832 in rail transport

Events

May events

* May 23 - The Festiniog Railway Company Incorporated by Act of Parliament to build a railway from Festiniog to Portmadoc in North Wales for the carriage of slate and other minerals.

June events

* June 9 - The Strasburg Rail Road, today the oldest short-line railroad in the United States, is incorporated.

July events

* July 25 - A cable snaps on an incline of the Granite Railway causing the first rail transport related fatality in the United States.

November events

* November 23 - After assembling "Delaware", Matthias W. Baldwin builds his first entirely new steam locomotive, named "Old Ironsides".
* November 26 - The New York and Harlem Railroad opens in New York City.

December events

* December 5 - United States - start 'carrying the mail on the railroad' [http://www.usps.com/history/his2.htm#RAIL] .

Unknown date events

* Matthias W. Baldwin assembles an English-built steam locomotive, the "Delaware", for the Newcastle and Frenchtown Railroad; this is the first railroad locomotive that Baldwin works on.
* The Jefferson Works in Paterson, New Jersey, is reorganized as Rogers, Ketchum and Grosvenor (later to become Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works).
* Ross Winans patents the 8-wheel railroad car, but the patent is soon disputed by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad who call on Gridley Bryant as an expert witness.

Births

January births

* January 13 - Zerah Colburn, locomotive designer and railroad author (d. 1870).

May births

* May 16 - Philip Armour, founder of Armour and Company and subsidiary Armour Refrigerator Line (d. 1901).

Deaths

November deaths

* November 14 - Charles Carroll of Carrollton, signer of the Declaration of Independence and a co-founder of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (b. 1737).

References

* Mitchell, Frank (March 1999), " [http://www.puffingbilly.com.au/fan/heritage/baldwin.htm M. W. Baldwin] ". Retrieved February 15 2005.
* Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2005), " [http://avenue.org/nrhs/histjul.htm This Month in Railroad History: July] ". Retrieved July 22 2005.


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