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1824 in rail transport

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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1824.

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May events

  • May 17 - The Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway in Scotland is authorised; construction begins the following month.

    • October events

  • October 29 - Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company, in England, issues its first prospectus.

    • December events

  • December 31 - George Stephenson, his son Robert Stephenson, Edward Pease and Michael Longridge form George Stephenson and Company, a railway construction consultancy.

    • March births

  • March 9 - Leland Stanford, a member of The Big Four group of financiers in California.

    • October births

  • October 2 - Henry C. Lord, president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 1868–1869 (d. 1884).

    • November births

  • November 14 - James Mitchell Ashley, founder and president of Ann Arbor Railroad, is born (d. 1896).

    • Unknown date births

  • John Cooke, founder of American steam locomotive manufacturing company Cooke Locomotive Works (d. 1882).

    • References

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