1833 in rail transport

1833 in rail transport

Events

February events

* February 15 - The Western Railroad of Massachusetts is chartered to build a railroad between Worcester, Massachusetts, and the New York state line.

June events

* June 6 - First US President to travel by rail, during his term in office (President Andrew Jackson rides the Baltimore & Ohio from Ellicott City to Baltimore).

eptember events

* September - Eleazer Lord becomes the first president of the Erie Railroad. [cite web|author=Stratton, Fred|url=http://erierr.railfan.net/eriepres.html|title=Erie Railroad presidents|accessdate=2005-03-02]

Unknown date events

* Robert Stephenson is appointed to the position of Chief Engineer for the London and Birmingham Railway.
* Construction is completed on the Camden and Amboy Railroad in New Jersey.
* The Utica and Schenectady Railroad is chartered.
* 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. [cite book|last=Marshall|first=John|title=The Guinness Railway Book|year=1989|publisher=Guinness|location=Enfield|isbn=0-85112-359-7]

Births

* December 6 – Thaddeus C. Pound, president of Chippewa Falls and Western Railway and St. Paul Eastern Grand Trunk Railway (d. 1914).cite journal| journal=The Soo| publisher=The Soo Line Historical and Technical Society| month=Summer| year=2007| volume=29| issue=3| title=The Wisconsin Central in Eau Claire| id=ISSN 0733-5296| pages=pp 9–43| author=Easton, Larry E. ]

Deaths

April deaths

* April 22 - Richard Trevithick, English inventor and steam locomotive builder (b. 1771).

References


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