1816 in the history of railway transport
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Events
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- Richard Trevitik moves to Peru with the intention of designing and building steam locomotives there for mining.
Persons
January
- January 3 - Samuel C. Pomeroy President of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroads, 1863–1868 (died 1891).
March
- March 1 - John Souter, American steam engine manufacturer, founder of Globe Locomotive Works (died 1911).
August
- August 4 - Russell Sage, American financier, director of Union Pacific Railroad (died 1906).
- August 6 - Thomas Russell Crampton, English engineer and designer of the Crampton locomotive type, as well as a tunnel boring machine (died 1888).
- August 24 - Daniel Gooch, chief mechanical engineer at Great Western Railway (England) (died 1889).
October
- October 8 - Arethas Blood, American steam engine manufacturer, owner of Manchester Locomotive Works (died 1897).
Note
- Newcomb, Kenneth W., The Makers of the Mold . Retrieved February 15, 2005.
- (September 24, 2004), Sir Daniel Gooch . Retrieved February 9, 2005.
- (September 25, 2004), Thomas Crampton . Retrieved February 9, 2005.
- Waters, Lawrence Leslie. Steel Trails to Santa Fe. - Lawrence, Kansas: University of Kansas Press, 1950.