1825 in rail transport

1825 in rail transport

Events

April events

* April 19 - The La Plaisance Bay Harbor Company receives a charter to build a half-mile railroad in Monroe, Michigan, the first charter issued in the area that will become that state.

June events

* June 25 - The first passenger carrying monorail opens: The Cheshunt Railway in England. Built to carry bricks, the line creates a sensation when spectators at the opening ceremonies hop in the cars for a ride.

eptember events

* September 27 - Official opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway in the north of England, engineered by George Stephenson. Steam locomotives are used solely for coal traffic but the inaugural train hauled by "Locomotion" No. 1 carries up to 600 passengers. [cite news |last=Left|first=Sarah|title=Key dates in Britain's railway history|work=The Guardian Unlimited|date=15 January 2002|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/transport/Story/0,2763,633951,00.html] Most of the passengers were carried in open wagons, but a purpose-built passenger coach, ‘Experiment’, carried 18 dignitaries, and became the first such vehicle to carry people on a railway.

December events

* December 28 - George William Featherstonhaugh (pronounced fen-shaw), of Duanesburgh, New York, runs a newspaper notice announcing the formation of the Mohawk and Hudson Rail Road Company.

Unknown date events

* Matthias W. Baldwin opens his first machine shop in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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