1833 in rail transport

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1833.

Years in rail transport

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Events

February events

• February 15 – The Western Railroad of Massachusetts is chartered to build a railroad between Worcester, Massachusetts, and the New York state line.

March events

• March 15 – Andover and Wilmington Railroad is incorporated to build a branch from the Boston and Lowell Railroad at Wilmington, Massachusetts, north to Andover, Massachusetts.

April events

• April 29 – The Utica and Schenectady Railroad is chartered.

May events

• May 6 – Grand Junction Railway and London and Birmingham Railway are both authorised by the Parliament of the United Kingdom.[1]

June events

• June 6 - Andrew Jackson rides the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad from Ellicott City to Baltimore, first US President to travel by rail during his term of office.

September events

• September – Eleazer Lord becomes first president of the Erie Railroad.[2]

November events

November 8 – The Hightstown rail accident in New Jersey is the first to involve passenger deaths.

Unknown date events

• Construction is completed on the Camden and Amboy Railroad in New Jersey.
• Tredegar Iron Works, an American steam locomotive manufacturer, is formed in Virginia.
• The Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway operates a wagon ferry on the Forth and Clyde Canal in Scotland.[3]
• Paterson and Hudson River Railroad is chartered.[4]

Births

March births

• March 6 – William Stroudley, locomotive and carriage superintendent for Highland Railway 1865–1870; locomotive superintendent at London, Brighton and South Coast Railway's Brighton Works 1870–1889, is born (d. 1889).

Deaths

April deaths

• April 22 – Richard Trevithick, English inventor and steam locomotive builder (b. 1771).

References

1. Jenkinson, David (1988). The London & Birmingham: a railway of consequence. Harrow Weald: Capital Transport. p. 8. ISBN 1-85414-102-3.
2. Stratton, Fred. "Erie Railroad presidents". Archived from the original on 18 March 2005. Retrieved 2005-03-02.
3. Marshall, John (1989). The Guinness Railway Book. Enfield: Guinness Books. ISBN 0-8511-2359-7. OCLC 24175552.
4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-05-13. Retrieved 2008-12-01.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Accessed November 30, 2008.