1808 in rail transport

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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1808.

Contents 1 Events 1.1 February events 1.2 May events 1.3 July events 2 Births 2.1 February births 2.2 Unknown date births 3 Deaths 4 References

[edit] Events

[edit] February events

• February 8 - The Washington Bridge Company is granted authority in Washington, D.C., to build the Long Bridge over the Potomac River, a bridge that will eventually be rebuilt to carry the first railroad tracks to cross the river.^[1]

[edit] May events

• May 27 - The Kilmarnock and Troon Railway becomes the first railway line in Scotland authorised by Act of Parliament.^[2]

[edit] July events

• July - Richard Trevithick's steam locomotive Catch Me Who Can is demonstrated in London.

[edit] Births

[edit] February births

• February 10 - John Edgar Thomson, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad 1852–1874 (d. 1874).

[edit] Unknown date births

• George Muirson Totten, chief construction engineer for the Panama Railway (d. 1884).^[3]

[edit] Deaths

[edit] References

1. ^ Washington, D.C., Chapter, National Railway Historical Society, Washington, D.C. Railroad History. Retrieved February 8, 2006.
2. ^ Lewin, Henry Grote (1925). Early British Railways: a short history of their origin & development, 1801-1844. London: Locomotive Publishing Co. 
3. ^ George Muirson Totten. Retrieved February 9, 2005.