1820 in rail transport

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1819, 1820, 1821

Years in rail transport

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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1820.

Contents 1 Events 2 Births 2.1 May births 2.2 July births 2.3 September births 2.4 Unknown death dates 3 Deaths 4 References

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[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 2005-03-02.
• Continental engineers. Retrieved on 2005-02-09.
• White, John H, Jr. (Spring 1986). "America's Most Noteworthy Railroaders". Railroad History 154: 9–15.