1750s in rail transport

none This article lists events relating to rail transport that occurred during the 1750s. 1755 Births September births September 13 – Oliver Evans, pioneering American steam locomotive designer and inventor is born (died 1819). 1756 Births February births February 23 – Franz Josef Gerstner, pioneering Austrian railway engineer and physicist (died 1832). 1758 Events June events June 9 – The Middleton Railway is the first in Great Britain to be granted powers by Act of Parliament. It is built by Charles Brandling to carry coal from his pits at Middleton into Leeds and is at this time a wooden, horse-drawn wagonway with a gauge of 4 ft 1 in (1.254 m); much rebuilt it survives as a heritage railway.Bushell, J. The World’s Oldest Railway: a history of the Middleton Railway 1975 Turntable Publications Sheffield 0-902844-27-XPaley, W. B. The first railway Act Locomotive 1910 49–50, 76Sharman, Frank A. The first railway Act? Journal of the Railway and Canal Historical Society 21 1975 47–9 See also Years in rail transport References Rail transport timeline 1750s 1740s in rail transport 1760s in rail transport