1800 in rail transport
| Years in rail transport |
This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1800.
Events
- Legbrannock Waggonway opened by William Dixon (senior) to move coal from Legbrannock colliery on the Woodhall Estate to the Monkland Canal at Calderbank, an early example of a railway in Scotland.[1]
Births
March births
- March 10 - George Hudson, English railway financier, "The Railway King" (d. 1871).[2]
July births
- July 15 – Sidney Breese, U.S. senator from Illinois known as the "father of the Illinois Central Railroad" (d. 1878).
References
- ↑ "Coatbridge & Airdrie". Retrieved 2009-12-15.
- ↑ Peacock, A. J. (1988). George Hudson 1800-1971: the Railway King, vol. 1. York: author. ISBN 0-9513280-1-8.
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