1802 in rail transport

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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1802.

Events

March events

• March 24 – Andrew Vivian and Richard Trevithick of Cornwall, England, are granted the first British patent for a steam engine for propelling carriages and other purposes. ^[1]

June events

• June 3 – Carmarthenshire Railway or Tramroad authorised under Act of Parliament, the first granted for a public railway in Wales. ^[2] Its acquisition of the Carmarthenshire Dock at Llanelly also makes it the world’s first dock-owning public railway company. ^[3]

September events

• September 21 – First traffic passes over the Surrey Iron Railway in England. ^[4]

Births

January births

• January 10 – Carl Ritter von Ghega, Austrian civil engineer, builder of the Semmering railway (d. 1860).

February births

• February 2 – Moncure Robinson, builder of the Chesterfield Railroad (d. 1891).

July births

• July 2 – William Norris, American steam locomotive builder and founder of Norris Locomotive Works (d. 1867). ^[5]

References

1. "Camborne Hill". Federation of Old Cornwall Societies. 2001. Archived from the original on 2008-09-08. Retrieved 2010-06-05.
2. Price, M.R.C. (1992). The Llanelly & Mynydd Mawr Railway. Oxford: Oakwood Press. ISBN   0-85361-423-7.
3. Balkwill, Richard; Marshall, John (1993). The Guinness Book of Railway Facts and Feats (6th ed.). Enfield: Guinness Publishing. ISBN   0-85112-707-X.
4. Gerhold, Dorian (2010). "The rise and fall of the Surrey Iron Railway, 1802–46". Surrey Archaeological Collections. 95. Surrey Archaeological Society: 193–210.
5. "Norris, William" . Retrieved 2005-02-09.