1814 in rail transport

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1814.

Events

Stephenson's Blücher

July events

• July 25 - George Stephenson puts his first steam locomotive in service, the Blücher for Killingworth Colliery on Tyneside in England.

Births

January births

• January 21 - Wendel Bollman, designer of the Bollman Truss Railroad Bridge (d. 1884).
• January 30 – Ferdinand Schichau, German mechanical engineer and founder of locomotive manufacturing company Schichau-Werke, is born (d. 1896).

September births

• September 11 - John Ramsbottom, superintendent of the Manchester and Birmingham Railway (d. 1897).

Unknown date births

• Andrew Barclay, Scottish steam locomotive builder (d. 1900).^[1][2]

References

1. ↑ "Overview of Andrew Barclay". Retrieved 2005-02-09. 
2. ↑ Wear, Russell (1977). The Locomotive Builders of Kilmarnock. Industrial Railway Society. ISBN 0-902888-81-1.