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May events

  • May 24 - Monmouth Railway authorised by Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom
    Acts of Parliament in the United Kingdom
    An Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom is a type of legislation called primary legislation. These Acts are passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom at Westminster, or by the Scottish Parliament at Edinburgh....

     for a railway or tramroad from the Forest of Dean
    Forest of Dean
    The Forest of Dean is a geographical, historical and cultural region in the western part of the county of Gloucestershire, England. The forest is a roughly triangular plateau bounded by the River Wye to the west and north, the River Severn to the south, and the City of Gloucester to the east.The...

     to Monmouth
    Monmouth
    Monmouth is a town in southeast Wales and traditional county town of the historic county of Monmouthshire. It is situated close to the border with England, where the River Monnow meets the River Wye with bridges over both....

    , on the Welsh Borders, including provision to charge for passengers.

Unknown date events

  • The Leiper Railroad
    Leiper Railroad
    The Leiper Railroad was a horse drawn railroad that operated between 1810 and 1828 in what is now Nether Providence Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. It was replaced by the Leiper Canal, remnants of which are still visible...

     connecting Crum Creek to Ridley Creek, Pennsylvania opens.

January births

  • January 3 - Henry Keyes
    Henry Keyes
    Henry Keyes was a prominent politician and railroad executive from Vermont. He was a state senator and was a candidate for governor of Vermont three times. He also served as president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.In 1825 he moved to Newbury, Vermont, where he preferred to stay as...

    , president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
    Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
    The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway , often abbreviated as Santa Fe, was one of the larger railroads in the United States. The company was first chartered in February 1859...

     1869–1870 (d. 1870).

April births

  • April 15 - Whitmell P. Tunstall
    Whitmell P. Tunstall
    Whitmell Pugh Tunstall was a lawyer and state legislator in Chatham, Virginia. He was the long-time advocate most responsible for the creation of the Richmond and Danville Railroad which was completed in 1856....

    , first president of the Richmond and Danville Railroad
    Richmond and Danville Railroad
    The Richmond and Danville Railroad was chartered in Virginia in the United States in 1847. The portion between Richmond and Danville, Virginia was completed in 1856...

     (d. 1854).

September births

  • September 19 - Thomas Nickerson
    Thomas Nickerson (ATSF)
    Thomas Nickerson was the eighth president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway between 1874 and 1880. He was also president of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad....

    , president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
    Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
    The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway , often abbreviated as Santa Fe, was one of the larger railroads in the United States. The company was first chartered in February 1859...

     1874–1880 (d. 1892).

Unknown date births

  • Isaac Dripps, mechanical engineer for the Camden and Amboy Railroad who assembled the John Bull
    John Bull (locomotive)
    John Bull is a British-built railroad steam locomotive that operated in the United States. It was operated for the first time on September 15, 1831, and it became the oldest operable steam locomotive in the world when the Smithsonian Institution operated it in 1981...

    (d. 1892).
  • Joseph Harrison, Jr., partner in the American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     steam locomotive
    Steam locomotive
    A steam locomotive is a railway locomotive that produces its power through a steam engine. These locomotives are fueled by burning some combustible material, usually coal, wood or oil, to produce steam in a boiler, which drives the steam engine...

     manufacturing firm of Eastwick and Harrison (d. 1874).
  • William S. Hudson, superintendent of American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     steam locomotive
    Steam locomotive
    A steam locomotive is a railway locomotive that produces its power through a steam engine. These locomotives are fueled by burning some combustible material, usually coal, wood or oil, to produce steam in a boiler, which drives the steam engine...

     manufacturing firm of Rogers, Ketchum and Grosvenor (d. 1881).
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