1816 in rail transport

Years in rail transport

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1816.

Events

Unknown date events

Richard Trevithick moves to Peru with the intention of designing and building steam locomotives for mining operations there.

Births

January births

January 3 – Samuel C. Pomeroy, president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 1863–1868 (d. 1891).

March births

March 1 – John Souther, American steam locomotive manufacturer, founder of Globe Locomotive Works (d. 1911).

August births

August 4 – Russell Sage, American financier, director of Union Pacific Railroad (d. 1906).
August 6 – Thomas Russell Crampton, English engineer and designer of the Crampton locomotive type as well as a tunnel boring machine for the Channel Tunnel (d. 1888).
August 24 – Daniel Gooch, Chief mechanical engineer of the Great Western Railway (England) (d. 1889).

October births

October 8 – Aretas Blood, American steam locomotive manufacturer, owner of Manchester Locomotive Works (d. 1897).

References

Newcomb, Kenneth W., The Makers of the Mold. Retrieved February 15, 2005.
(September 24, 2004), Sir Daniel Gooch. Retrieved February 9, 2005.
(September 25, 2004), Thomas Crampton. Retrieved February 9, 2005.
Waters, Lawrence Leslie (1950). Steel Trails to Santa Fe. Lawrence, Kansas: University of Kansas Press.

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