1801 in rail transport
Events
May
- May 21 – The Surrey Iron Railway in England is authorised by the Parliament of the United Kingdom, the first railway company established by statute and independently of a canal company.[1]
December
- December 24 – Richard Trevithick demonstrates the first full-sized road locomotive to the public, successfully carrying a number of men up Beacon Hill, Camborne in Cornwall.[2]
Births
- September 8 – Byron Kilbourn, president of the Milwaukee and Mississippi Railroad 1849–1852 (d. 1870).
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gollark: Why not just average % after subtracting 1?
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References
- Gerhold, Dorian (2010). "The rise and fall of the Surrey Iron Railway, 1802–46". Surrey Archaeological Collections. Surrey Archaeological Society. 95: 193–210.
- "Railroads – Business History of Companies". KipNotes.com. Archived from the original on 5 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-17.
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