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1760s in rail transport

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This article lists events relating to rail transport that occurred during the 1760s.

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December births

  • December 28 - John Molson, established the Champlain and Saint Lawrence Railroad, the first railway into Canada (died 1836).

    • Unknown date births

  • Matthew Murray, English steam engine manufacturer (died 1826).

    • Events

  • The first ever cast iron rails are laid at Coalbrookdale.
  • Kambarka Engineering Works, now recognised for its rolling stock and locomotives, opens in current-day Urmdurt, Russia.
  • Plans are drawn up for the construction of a canal between Witton Park and Stockton-on-Tees which instead becomes the route of the Stockton and Darlington Railway

    • May births

  • May 31 - Edward Pease, first owner of the Stockton and Darlington Railway (died 1858).

    • References

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