1836 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1836.
Contents
Events
January events
- January 16 - The Galena and Chicago Union Railroad, the oldest portion of what is to become the Chicago and North Western Railway, is chartered.
February events
- February 5 - Henry R. Campbell of the Philadelphia, Germantown & Norristown Railroad patents the first 4-4-0, a steam locomotive type that will soon become the most common on all railroads of the United States.[1]
- February 8 - London and Greenwich Railway opens its first section, the first railway in London, England.[2]
March events
- March - The Syracuse and Utica Railroad, a predecessor of the New York Central Railroad, is chartered to build a railroad between its namesake cities in New York.
April events
- April - The first railroad car ferry in the U.S., the Susquehanna enters service on the Susquehanna River between Havre de Grace and Perryville, Maryland.[3]
May events
- May 5 - The Albany and West Stockbridge Railroad is chartered as the successor to the Castleton and West Stockbridge Railroad in Massachusetts and eastern New York.
July events
- July 13 - John Ruggles is awarded U.S. Patent 1 for his improvements to railroad steam locomotive tires.[4]
- July 21 - The Champlain and St. Lawrence Railroad opens between St. John and La Prairie, Quebec, the first steam-worked passenger railroad in British North America.
August events
- August 1 - The Utica and Schenectady Railroad, a predecessor of the New York Central Railroad in New York, opens.
September events
- September 5 - The Lake Wimico and St. Joseph Canal and Railroad, the first steam railroad in Florida, opens.
October events
- The Louisa Railroad of Louisa County, Virginia, an early predecessor of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, begins construction.[5]
- October 25 - Construction begins on the Wilmington and Raleigh Railroad in North Carolina. Due to a lack of support in Raleigh, the route is revised to run from Wilmington to the Petersburg Railroad in Weldon.[6]
December events
- December 14 - The London and Greenwich Railway opens throughout from London Bridge to Deptford.[7]
Unknown date events
- The Bangor and Piscataquis Canal and Railroad Company operates the first steam railroad in Maine with two 2-2-0 locomotives manufactured in England.
Births
January births
- January 2 - Fred T. Perris, Chief Engineer of the California Southern Railroad (d. 1916).[8][9]
February births
- February 9 - Franklin B. Gowen, president of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad 1866–1883 (d. 1889).
March births
- March 16 - Andrew Smith Hallidie, who developed the first practical cable car system for San Francisco, California (d. 1900).
May births
- May 21 - Francis William Webb, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London and North Western Railway (d. 1906).[10]
- May 27 - Jay Gould, American financier who, with Jim Fisk, took control of the Erie Railroad (d. 1892).
September births
- September 17 - William Jackson Palmer, builder of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (d. 1909).
Deaths
January deaths
- January 7 - John Molson, established the Champlain and Saint Lawrence Railroad, the first railway into Canada (b. 1763).
References
- Pennsylvania Railroad Historical and Technical Society (June 2004), PRR Chronology, 1836 (PDF). Retrieved March 5, 2005.
- White, John H, Jr. (Spring 1986), America's Most Noteworthy Railroaders, Railroad History, 154, p. 9-15.
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- ↑ Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company. The Chesapeake & Ohio Railway directory. 1882. pg. 17
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