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1802 in rail transport

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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1802.

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March events

  • March 24 - Andrew Vivian and Richard Trevithick of Cornwall, England, are granted the first British patent for a steam engine for propelling carriages and other purposes.

    • June events

  • June 3 - Carmarthenshire Railway or Tramroad authorised under Act of Parliament, the first granted for a public railway in Wales. Its acquisition of the Carmarthenshire Dock at Llanelly also makes it the world’s first dock-owning public railway company.

    • September events

  • September 21 - First traffic passes over the Surrey Iron Railway in England.

    • July births

  • July 2 - William Norris, American steam locomotive builder and founder of Norris Locomotive Works (d. 1867).

    • Unknown date births

  • Moncure Robinson, builder of the Chesterfield Railroad (d. 1891).

    • References

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