1824 in rail transport

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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1824.

Events

May events

• May 17 – The Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway in Scotland is authorised; construction begins the following month. ^[1]

October events

• October 29 - Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company, in England, issues its first prospectus. ^[2]

December events

• December 31 - George Stephenson, his son Robert Stephenson, Edward Pease and Michael Longridge form George Stephenson and Company, a railway construction consultancy. ^[3]

Births

March births

• March 9 - Leland Stanford, a member of The Big Four group of financiers in California.

October births

• October 2 - Henry C. Lord, president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 1868–1869 (d. 1884). ^[4]

November births

• November 14 – James Mitchell Ashley, founder and president of Ann Arbor Railroad, is born (d. 1896).

Unknown date births

• John Cooke, founder of American steam locomotive manufacturing company Cooke Locomotive Works (d. 1882). ^[5]

References

1. Martin, Don (1995). The Monkland & Kirkintilloch and Associated Railways. Kirkintilloch: Strathkelvin District Libraries & Museums. ISBN   0-904966-41-0.
2. Carlson, Robert E. (1969). The Liverpool & Manchester Railway project, 1821–1831. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN   0-7153-4646-6.
3. Macnair, Miles (2007). William James (1771–1837): the man who discovered George Stephenson. Oxford: Railway and Canal Historical Society. ISBN   978-0-901461-54-4.
4. Waters, Lawrence Leslie (1950). Steel Trails to Santa Fe. Lawrence, Kansas: University of Kansas Press.
5. White, John H. Jr. (1968). A history of the American locomotive: its development, 1830–1880. New York: Dover Publications. ISBN   0-486-23818-0.