1820 in rail transport

1820 in rail transport

Events

Births

May births

* May 2 - Robert Gerwig, German civil engineer, designer of Schwarzwald Railway and the Hell Valley Railway (d. 1885).

July births

* July 31 - John W. Garrett, president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad from 1858 (d. 1884).

eptember births

* September 20 - Alfred Belpaire, inventor of the Belpaire firebox used on steam locomotives (d. 1893).

Unknown death dates

*James Beatty, Irish engineer who was involved in building the European and North American Railway and the Grand Crimean Central Railway (d. 1856)

Deaths

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