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1816 in rail transport

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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1816.

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Unknown date events

  • Richard Trevithick moves to Peru with the intention of designing and building steam locomotives for mining operations there.

    • January births

  • January 3 - Samuel C. Pomeroy, president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 1863-1868 (d. 1891).

    • March births

  • March 1 - John Souther, American steam locomotive manufacturer, founder of Globe Locomotive Works (d. 1911).

    • August births

  • August 4 - Russell Sage, American financier, director of Union Pacific Railroad (d. 1906).
  • August 6 - Thomas Russell Crampton, English engineer and designer of the Crampton locomotive type as well as a tunnel boring machine for the Channel Tunnel (d. 1888).
  • August 24 - Daniel Gooch, Chief mechanical engineer of the Great Western Railway (England) (d. 1889).

    • October births

  • October 8 - Aretas Blood, American steam locomotive manufacturer, owner of Manchester Locomotive Works (d. 1897).

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