1819 in rail transport explained

Events

April events

• April 13 – The Mansfield and Pinxton Railway, a wagonway in the midlands of England, opens for coal traffic.

June events

• June 24 – James Foster and John Urpeth Rastrick partner to form Foster, Rastrick and Company, the English firm that will build the first steam locomotives for the Delaware and Hudson Railroad.^[1]

Births

February births

• February 20 – Alfred Escher, Swiss railway promoter (d. 1882)

October births

• October 27 – Henry B. Plant, president of the Plant System of railroads (d. 1899).

Deaths

April deaths

• April 15 – Oliver Evans, pioneering American steam locomotive designer and inventor (b. 1755).

References

• Bedwell, Carolyn (2002), John Urpeth Rastrick. Retrieved April 4, 2005.
• Bedwell, Carolyn (2002), John Urpeth Rastrick – Chronology. Retrieved April 22, 2005 — date for Foster, Rastrick and Company formation.
• Senate House Library, University of London, John Bradley & Co (Stourbridge) Ltd., Ironfounders . Retrieved April 22, 2005 — info on Foster, Rastrick and Company, verifies Foster family connections.

Notes and References

1. Web site: British locomotive manufacturers . steamindex.com . Foster Rastrick & Co. Stourbridge . 25 March 2021 . 3 April 2024 .