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1815 in rail transport
Events
February events
February 6 â The first railroad
charter
in the
United States
is issued to the
New Jersey Railroad Company
, a railroad that ultimately was never built.
May or June events
Bryn Oer Tramway
in
South Wales
opened.
July events
July 31 â 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.
Births
January births
January 21 -
Daniel McCallum
, Scottish-born General Superintendent of
New York and Erie Railroad
1855âÂÂ1858 (d. 1878).
March births
March 24 -
Edward Entwistle
, first
driver
of the
Rocket
locomotive (d. 1909).
References