1808 in rail transport

none 1807 1808 1809 1800 Events February events February 8 – The Washington Bridge Company is granted authority in Washington, D.C., to build the Long Bridge over the Potomac River, a bridge that will eventually be rebuilt to carry the first railroad tracks to cross the river.((Washington, D.C., Chapter, National Railway Historical Society)) http://www.dcnrhs.org/dc_rail_history.htm Washington, D.C. Railroad History February 8, 2006 https://web.archive.org/web/20060205100435/http://www.dcnrhs.org/dc_rail_history.htm February 5, 2006 dead May events May 27 – The Kilmarnock and Troon Railway becomes the first railway line in Scotland authorised by Act of Parliament.Lewin, Henry Grote 1925 Early British Railways: a short history of their origin & development, 1801–1844 London Locomotive Publishing Co July events July 8 through September 18 – Richard Trevithick's steam locomotive Catch Me Who Can is demonstrated in London. Births January births January 8 – John A. Poor, first president of the Portland Company is born in Andover, Maine (d. 1871).The Grand Trunk in New England Holt, Jeff Railfare 1985 0-919130-43-7 February births February 10 – John Edgar Thomson, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad 1852-1874 (d. 1874). March births March 19 – Johann Andreas Schubert, builder of the first German steam locomotive, Saxonia, is born in Wernesgrün (d. 1870). May births May 12 – Joseph Hamilton Beattie, locomotive engineer for London and South Western Railway 1850–1871 (d. 1871), is born.Marshall John John Marshall (railway historian) A Biographical Dictionary of Railway Engineers 1978 David & Charles Newton Abbot 0-7153-7489-3 24 July births July 25 – Francis Thompson, English architect working chiefly on railways (d. 1895). Unknown date births George Muirson Totten, chief construction engineer for the Panama Railway (d. 1884).http://www.trainweb.org/panama/totten.html George Muirson Totten February 9, 2005 https://web.archive.org/web/20050204143715/http://www.trainweb.org/panama/totten.html 4 February 2005 References