1822 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1822.
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Events
May events
- May 24 – The first rail of the Stockton and Darlington Railway is laid in ceremonial style at Stockton-on-Tees by the Chairman of the company, Thomas Meynell.[1]
November events
- November 18 – The Hetton colliery railway, near Sunderland, England, opens for locomotive traction, being designed by George Stephenson to be wholly steam worked.[1]
Births
September births
- September 16 – Charles Crocker, a member of The Big Four group of financiers in California (d. 1888).[2]
Unknown date births
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Deaths
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