1807 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1807.
Events
March
- March 25 – The first railway passenger service begins, on the Oystermouth Railway in South Wales. The cars are drawn by horses.[1]
May
- May - closure of the Low Moor Waggonway[2]
Births
January births
- January 9 – Matthias von Schönerer, Austrian railway engineer (d. 1881).
March births
- March 27 – James P. Kirkwood, designer of Starrucca Viaduct in the United States (d. 1877).
November births
- November 5 – Oliver Ames Jr., president of Union Pacific Railroad 1866–1871, brother of Oakes Ames (d. 1877).[3][4]
December births
- December 16 – William H. Aspinwall, American financier who helped build the Panama Railway (d. 1875).[5]
Deaths
References
- ^ Lee, Charles E. (1942). The First Passenger Railway: the Oystermouth or Swansea and Mumbles Line. London: Railway Publishing Co.
- ^ Silkstone Waggonway, South Yorkshire: Survey Report (PDF). Vol. 1. Yorkshire Archaeological Trust. August 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-11. Retrieved 2019-08-10.
- ^ Spencer Marks (2005). The Ames Family of North Easton, MA Archived 2015-09-30 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved December 29, 2005.
- ^ Union Pacific Railroad. Union Pacific: Significant Individuals Archived 2012-09-15 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved December 29, 2005.
- ^ William Henry Aspinwall. Retrieved February 9, 2005.
