1813 in rail transport

1813 in rail transport

Events

Births

February births

* February 16 - Joseph R. Anderson, owner of American steam locomotive manufacturing company Tredegar Iron Works (d. 1892).
* February 23 - John M. Forbes, president of the Michigan Central Railroad and the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (d. 1898).

May births

* May 14 - Charles Beyer, German-British steam locomotive manufacturer, co-founder of Beyer-Peacock (d. 1876). [cite book|author=Marshall, John|title=Biographical dictionary of Railway Engineers|publisher=Railway & Canal Historical Society|location=Oxford|date=2003|isbn=0-901461-22-9]

eptember births

* September 1 - Mark Hopkins, a member of The Big Four group of financiers in California.

Unknown date births

* Wilson Eddy, American steam locomotive manufacturer (d. 1898).

Deaths

References


*
* White, John H., Jr. (Spring 1986), America's Most Noteworthy Railroaders, "Railroad History", 154, p. 9-15.


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