1807 in rail transport explained

Events

March

• March 25 – The first railway passenger service begins, on the Oystermouth Railway in South Wales. The cars are drawn by horses.^[1]

May

• May - closure of the Low Moor Waggonway^[2]

Births

January births

• January 9 – Matthias von Schönerer, Austrian railway engineer (d. 1881).

March births

• March 27 – James P. Kirkwood, designer of Starrucca Viaduct in the United States (d. 1877).

November births

• November 5 – Oliver Ames Jr., president of Union Pacific Railroad 1866–1871, brother of Oakes Ames (d. 1877).^{[3] [4]}

December births

• December 16 – William H. Aspinwall, American financier who helped build the Panama Railway (d. 1875).^[5]

Notes and References

1. Book: Lee, Charles E.. The First Passenger Railway: the Oystermouth or Swansea and Mumbles Line. London. Railway Publishing Co.. 1942.
2. Book: Silkstone Waggonway, South Yorkshire: Survey Report . 1 . August 2012 . Yorkshire Archaeological Trust . 2019-08-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160311113301/http://iadb.co.uk/epip/Silkstone%20Waggonway%20Vol%201%20text%20plates%20figures.pdf . 2016-03-11 . dead .
3. Spencer Marks (2005). The Ames Family of North Easton, MA . Retrieved December 29, 2005.
4. Union Pacific Railroad. Union Pacific: Significant Individuals . Retrieved December 29, 2005.
5. William Henry Aspinwall. Retrieved February 9, 2005.