1833 in rail transport explained

Events

February events

• February 15 – The Western Railroad of Massachusetts is chartered to build a railroad between Worcester, Massachusetts, and the New York state line.

March events

• March 15 – Andover and Wilmington Railroad is incorporated to build a branch from the Boston and Lowell Railroad at Wilmington, Massachusetts, north to Andover, Massachusetts.

April events

• April 29 – The Utica and Schenectady Railroad is chartered.

May events

• May 6 – Grand Junction Railway and London and Birmingham Railway are both authorised by the Parliament of the United Kingdom.^[1]

June events

• June 6 – Andrew Jackson rides the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad from Ellicott Mills to Baltimore, first US President to travel by rail during his term of office.^[2]

September events

• September – Eleazer Lord becomes first president of the Erie Railroad.^[3]

November events

• November 8 – The Hightstown rail accident in New Jersey is the first to involve passenger deaths.

December events

• December 17 – Camden and Amboy Railroad in New Jersey opens throughout.

Unknown date events

• Tredegar Iron Works, an American steam locomotive manufacturer, is formed in Virginia.
• The Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway operates a wagon ferry on the Forth and Clyde Canal in Scotland.
• Paterson and Hudson River Railroad is chartered.^[4]

Births

March births

• March 6 – William Stroudley, locomotive and carriage superintendent for Highland Railway 1865–1870; locomotive superintendent at London, Brighton and South Coast Railway's Brighton Works 1870–1889, is born (d. 1889).

Deaths

April deaths

• April 22 – Richard Trevithick, English inventor and steam locomotive builder (b. 1771).

Notes and References

1. Book: David Jenkinson

   . Jenkinson, David. The London & Birmingham: a railway of consequence. 1988. Capital Transport. Harrow Weald. 1-85414-102-3. 8. David Jenkinson.

2. https://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=29488 'Rails Across America', Association of American Railroads, School and College Service, Washington D.C.,1960
3. Web site: Stratton, Fred. Erie Railroad presidents. 2005-03-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20050318171642/http://erierr.railfan.net/eriepres.html. 18 March 2005 . dead.
4. Web site: Erie Railroad Home Page - Erie Lackawanna Historical Society . 2008-12-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080513205247/https://www.erielackhs.org/Erie/ERIEHOME.html . 2008-05-13 . Accessed November 30, 2008.