1805 in rail transport explained

Births

June births

• June 15 – William Butler Ogden, president of the Chicago and North Western Railway (d. 1877).

August births

• August 9 – Joseph Locke, English civil engineer who became Chief Engineer on the Grand Junction Railway (d. 1860).

November births

• November 7 – Thomas Brassey, English railway contractor who supervised the construction of more than 6500 miles ( km) of track around the world (d. 1870).^[1]

Unknown date births

• George S. Griggs, pioneering master mechanic in American steam locomotive manufacturing (d. 1870).
• William Swinburne, American locomotive designer and builder (d. 1883).

References

• Book: White, John H. Jr.. 1968. A history of the American locomotive; its development: 1830–1880. Dover Publications, New York, NY. 0-486-23818-0.

1. Helps, Arthur The Life and Works of Mr Brassey, 1872 republished Nonsuch, 2006