1824 in rail transport explained

Events

May events

• May 17 – The Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway in Scotland is authorised; construction begins the following month.^[1]

October events

• October 29 - Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company, in England, issues its first prospectus.^[2]

December events

• December 31 - George Stephenson, his son Robert Stephenson, Edward Pease and Michael Longridge form George Stephenson and Company, a railway construction consultancy.^[3]

Births

March births

• March 9 - Leland Stanford, a member of The Big Four group of financiers in California.

October births

• October 2 - Henry C. Lord, president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 1868–1869 (d. 1884).^[4]

November births

• November 14 – James Mitchell Ashley, founder and president of Ann Arbor Railroad, is born (d. 1896).

Unknown date births

• John Cooke, founder of American steam locomotive manufacturing company Cooke Locomotive Works (d. 1882).^[5]

Notes and References

1. Book: Martin, Don. The Monkland & Kirkintilloch and Associated Railways. Strathkelvin District Libraries & Museums. Kirkintilloch. 1995. 0-904966-41-0.
2. Book: Carlson, Robert E.. The Liverpool & Manchester Railway project, 1821–1831. Newton Abbot. David & Charles. 1969. 0-7153-4646-6.
3. Book: Macnair, Miles. William James (1771–1837): the man who discovered George Stephenson. Railway and Canal Historical Society. Oxford. 2007. 978-0-901461-54-4.
4. Book: Waters, Lawrence Leslie. 1950. Steel Trails to Santa Fe. University of Kansas Press. Lawrence, Kansas.
5. Book: White, John H. Jr.. 1968. A history of the American locomotive: its development, 1830–1880. Dover Publications. New York. 0-486-23818-0.