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1814 in rail transport

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1814 in rail transport

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1814.

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July events

  • July 25 - George Stephenson puts his first steam locomotive in service, the Blücher for Killingworth Colliery on Tyneside in England.

    • January births

  • January 21 - Wendel Bollman, American designer of the Bollman Truss Railroad Bridge (d. 1884).
  • January 30 – Ferdinand Schichau, German mechanical engineer and founder of locomotive manufacturing company Schichau-Werke, is born (d. 1896).

    • May births

  • May 26 - Wilhelm Engerth, German steam locomotive designer (d. 1884).

    • September births

  • September 11 - John Ramsbottom, superintendent of the Manchester and Birmingham Railway (d. 1897).

    • Unknown date births

  • Andrew Barclay, Scottish steam locomotive builder (d. 1900).

    • References

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