1834 in rail transport

1834 in rail transport

Events

January events

* January 30 - Construction on the first railroad in Kentucky, linking Lexington and Frankfort, is completed.

February events

* February 25 - The Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad is formed to connect cities in Virginia.

April events

* April 14 - The Long Island Rail Road is incorporated in New York.

December events

* December 17 - The Dublin and Kingstown Railway, the first public railway in Ireland, opens between Westland Row, Dublin (now Dublin Pearse railway station) and Kingstown (now Dún Laoghaire), on the standard gauge. [cite book|author=Murray, K. A.|title=Ireland's First Railway|year=1981|publisher=Irish Railway Record Society|location=Dublin|isbn=0-904078-07-8]

Unknown date events

* The Wilmington and Raleigh Railroad begins construction in North Carolina.
* The Castleton and West Stockbridge Railroad is chartered to build a railroad between Albany, New York and the Massachusetts state line.

Births

April births

* April 1 - Jim Fisk, American financier who worked with Daniel Drew for control of the Erie Railroad (d. 1872).
* April 23 - Chauncey Depew, president of New York Central Railroad (d. 1928).

Deaths

References

* Association of American Railroads (January 2005), " [http://www.railfanclub.org/archives/newsletters/January05/ThisMonth.htm This Month in Railroad History - January] ". Retrieved May 23, 2005.


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