1815 in rail transport

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1814, 1815, 1816

Years in rail transport

1814 in rail transport
1815 in rail transport
1816 in rail transport

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1815.

Contents

1 Events
- 1.1 February events
- 1.2 July events
2 Births
- 2.1 Unknown date births
3 Deaths
4 References

Events

February events

February 6 - The first railroad charter in the United States is issued to the New Jersey Railroad Company, a railroad that ultimately was never built.

July events

July 31 - The boiler explosion of a locomotive designed by William Brunton on the Newbottle Waggonway in North East England kills around a dozen people, the first railway disaster.^[1]

Births

Unknown date births

Daniel McCallum, General Superintendent of New York and Erie Railroad 1855-1858 (d. 1878).

Deaths

References

^ Rees, Jim; Guy, Andy (2004). "The first industrial locomotives", in Mountford, Colin E: The Private Railways of County Durham. Melton Mowbray: Industrial Railway Society, p.11. ISBN 1-901556-29-8.

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