1801 in rail transport

1800, 1801, 1802

Years in rail transport

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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1801.

Contents 1 Events 2 December events 3 Births 3.1 July births 3.2 September births 4 Deaths 5 References

Events

December events

• December 24 – Richard Trevithick demonstrates the first full-sized road locomotive to the public, successfully carrying a number of men up Beacon Hill.^[1]

Births

July births

• July 29 – George Bradshaw, English cartographer, printer and publisher and the originator of the railway timetable (d. 1853).

September births

• September 8 – Byron Kilbourn, president of the Milwaukee and Mississippi Railroad 1849-1852 (d. 1870).

Deaths

References

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