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1760s in rail transport
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This article lists events relating to rail transport that occurred during the 1760s.
1763
Births
December births
December 28 – John Molson, established the Champlain and Saint Lawrence Railroad, the first railway into Canada (died 1836).
1765
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Unknown date births
Matthew Murray, English steam engine manufacturer (died 1826).Chrimes Mike Skempton A. W. etal Murray, Matthew A Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers, Vol. 1 2002 461–462 London Thomas Telford on behalf of the Institution of Civil Engineers 0-7277-2939-X
1767
Events
The first ever cast iron rails are laid at Coalbrookdale.https://archive.today/20130419212003/http://media.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/bna-media.php?id=19&ids=76 Railway Mania of the 1800sKohlmaier Georg Barna Von Sartory John C. Harvey Houses of Glass: a 19th Century Building Type The MIT Press 1981 69 9780262610704 https://books.google.com/books?id=whSQRim1yBkC&dq=1767+railways&pg=PA69 January 7, 2013Murray John Bertha's Visit to Her Uncle in England: in three volumes William Clowes London 1831 III 255–257 https://books.google.com/books?id=p3EFAAAAQAAJ&dq=1767+railways&pg=PA257 January 7, 2013
Kambarka Engineering Works, now recognised for its rolling stock and locomotives, opens in current-day Urmdurt, Russia.
Plans are drawn up for the construction of a canal between Witton Park and Stockton-on-Tees which instead becomes the route of the Stockton and Darlington Railway
Births
May births
May 31 – Edward Pease, first owner of the Stockton and Darlington Railway (died 1858).http://www.bautz.de/bbkl/p/pease_e.shtml Biografisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexicon January 7, 2013http://jessieshope.org/stockton-and-darlington-railway/ Stockton and Darlington Railway Interesting answers to questions Jessie's Hope January 7, 2013 https://archive.today/20130415034750/http://jessieshope.org/stockton-and-darlington-railway/ 2013-04-15 deadhttp://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RApease.htm Edward Pease: Biography Spartacus Educational January 7, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130103125128/http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RApease.htm 2013-01-03 usurped
See also
Years in rail transport
References
Rail transport timeline 1760s 1750s in rail transport 1770s in rail transport