1805 in rail transport

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1804, 1805, 1806

Years in rail transport

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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1805.

Contents 1 Events 2 Births 2.1 June births 2.2 August births 2.3 November births 2.4 Unknown date births 3 Deaths 4 References

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[edit] June births

• June 15 - William Butler Ogden, president of the Chicago and North Western Railway (d. 1877).

[edit] August births

• August 9 - Joseph Locke, English civil engineer who became Chief Engineer on the Grand Junction Railway (d. 1860).

[edit] November births

• November 7 - Thomas Brassey, English railway contractor who supervised construction of more than 1,700 miles (2736 km) of track (d. 1870).

[edit] Unknown date births

• George S. Griggs, pioneering master mechanic in American steam locomotive manufacturing (d. 1870).
• William Swinburne, American locomotive designer and builder (d. 1883).

[edit] Deaths

[edit] References

• White, John H., Jr. (1968). A history of the American locomotive; its development: 1830-1880. Dover Publications, New York, NY. ISBN 0-486-23818-0.