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1822 in rail transport

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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1822.

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May events

  • May 24 – The first rail of the Stockton and Darlington Railway is laid in ceremonial style at Stockton-on-Tees by the Chairman of the company, Thomas Meynell.[1]

    • November events

  • November 18 – The Hetton colliery railway, near Sunderland, England, opens for locomotive traction, being designed by George Stephenson to be wholly steam worked.

    • September births

  • September 16 – Charles Crocker, a member of The Big Four group of financiers in California (d. 1888).

    • References

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