1820 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1820.
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[edit] Events
[edit] Births
[edit] May births
- May 2 - Robert Gerwig, German civil engineer, designer of Schwarzwald Railway and the Hell Valley Railway (d. 1885).
[edit] July births
- July 31 - John W. Garrett, president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad from 1858 (d. 1884).
[edit] September births
- September 20 - Alfred Belpaire, inventor of the Belpaire firebox used on steam locomotives (d. 1893).
[edit] Unknown death dates
- James Beatty, Irish engineer who was involved in building the European and North American Railway and the Grand Crimean Central Railway (d. 1856)
[edit] Deaths
[edit] References
- Biography of John Work Garrett. Retrieved on March 2, 2005.
- Continental engineers. Retrieved on February 9, 2005.
- White, John H, Jr. (Spring 1986). "America's Most Noteworthy Railroaders". Railroad History 154: 9–15.
