- 1828 in rail transport
Events
February events
* February - The
Chesterfield Railroad , the first railroad built inVirginia is chartered.March events
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March 24 -Pennsylvania 's first state-owned railway, thePhiladelphia and Columbia Railway , is authorized by the state legislature. [Rivanna Chapter National Railway Historical Society, " [http://avenue.org/nrhs/histmar.htm This Month in Railroad History: March] ". RetrievedMarch 24 2006 .]July events
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July 4 - Construction begins on theBaltimore and Ohio Railroad inBaltimore, Maryland , whenCharles Carroll of Carrollton lays the first stone for theCarrollton Viaduct , the first stone masonry railroad bridge in theUnited States .August events
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August 1 - TheBolton and Leigh Railway opens to freight traffic.
*August 27 - The 67 km (42mile s)Andrézieux -Roanne line is authorized inFrance .October events
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October 1 - The first public railway inFrance is formally opened fromSaint-Étienne toAndrézieux . It is horse-worked and initially carries freight traffic only. [cite book|last=Marshall|first=John|title=The Guinness Railway Book|year=1989|publisher=Guinness|location=Enfield|isbn=0-85112-3591-7]Unknown date events
* The
Hudson and Berkshire Railroad is chartered to build a railroad betweenChatham, New York , andHudson, New York .Births
October births
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October 30 -Horatio G. Brooks , founder ofBrooks Locomotive Works (d.1887 ). [Southern Tier West Regional Planning and Development Board, " [http://www.southerntierwest.org/L5/hist_hbrooks.htm STW historical figures / Horatio Brooks] ". RetrievedFebruary 9 2005 .]Deaths
References
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