1822 in rail transport explained

Events

May events

• May 24  - The first rail of the Stockton and Darlington Railway is laid in ceremonial style at Stockton-on-Tees by the Chairman of the company, Thomas Meynell.https://web.archive.org/web/20080914135120/http://www.railcentre.co.uk/stockton/opening2.htm

November events

• November 18  - The Hetton colliery railway, near Sunderland, England, opens for locomotive traction, being designed by George Stephenson to be wholly steam worked.^[1]

Births

September births

• September 16  - Charles Crocker, a member of The Big Four group of financiers in California (d. 1888).^[2]

Unknown date births

Notes and References

1. Web site: George Stephenson: Hetton Colliery Locomotives Dart, Tallyho and Star. Locos in Profile. 2003-05-16. 2008-07-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20080719150238/http://www.locos-in-profile.co.uk/Articles/Early_Locos/early5.html. 19 July 2008 . dead.
2. White, John H. Jr. . Railway and Locomotive Historical Society. Spring 1986. America's most noteworthy railroaders. Railroad History. 154. 9–15 .