1780 in rail transport

1780 in rail transport

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Events

Births

January births

* January 26 - John Urpeth Rastrick, English steam locomotive builder and partner in Foster, Rastrick and Company (d. 1856). [cite web | title = Brief biographies of major mechanical engineers | work = Steam index | url = http://www.steamindex.com/people/engrs.htm | accessdate = 2005-02-09]

October births

* October 25 - Philip Hone, first president of Delaware and Hudson Railway 1825-1826 (d. 1851).

Deaths

See also

* Years in rail transport

References


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