1808 in rail transport

Events

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]

May events

July events

Births

January births

February births

March births

May births

July births

  • July 25 – Francis Thompson, English architect working chiefly on railways (d. 1895).

Unknown date births

  • George Muirson Totten, chief construction engineer for the Panama Railway (d. 1884).[5]

References

  1. Washington, D.C., Chapter, National Railway Historical Society. "Washington, D.C. Railroad History". Archived from the original on February 5, 2006. 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. Holt, Jeff (1985). The Grand Trunk in New England. Railfare. ISBN 0-919130-43-7.
  4. Marshall, John (1978). A Biographical Dictionary of Railway Engineers. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 24. ISBN 0-7153-7489-3.
  5. "George Muirson Totten". Archived from the original on 4 February 2005. Retrieved February 9, 2005.
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