1830 in rail transport

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Years in rail transport
Timeline of railway history

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1830.

Events[]

January events[]

  • January 7 – The Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road opens its first section, 1+12 miles (2.4 km), in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.
  • January 9 – Ground is broken in Charleston, South Carolina, for the first railroad to use steam locomotives in South Carolina, the South Carolina Canal and Rail Road.

February events[]

  • February 4 – The Camden and Amboy Rail Road, the first railroad to be built in New Jersey, is chartered.

March events[]

  • March 15 – The New Orleans, Louisiana, City Council approves the right of way for the construction of the Pontchartrain Rail-Road.

May events[]

August events[]

Slightly fanciful contemporary depiction of Liverpool and Manchester Railway

September events[]

November events[]

December events[]

  • December 25 – The South Carolina Canal and Rail Road begins operations.

Unknown date events[]

Births[]

January births[]

April births[]

July births[]

Deaths[]

September deaths[]

Miscellaneous[]

The board game 1830: The Game of Railroads and Robber Barons and its video game adaptation has players lead railroad companies in the United States during the year 1830.

References[]

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  2. ^ "Peter Cooper's Locomotive". The Manufacturer and Builder. IV (2): 32. February 1872. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
  3. ^ Dudley, P.H. (February 1, 1886). "The Inception and Progress of Railways". Transactions of the New York Academy of Sciences: 142. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
  4. ^ Rolt, L. T. C. (1960). George and Robert Stephenson: the railway revolution. London: Longmans. p. 215.
  5. ^ "Mail Coaches" (PDF). London: The British Postal Museum & Archive. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-01-02. Retrieved 2012-11-06.
  6. ^ Hughes, Geoffrey (2004). "Fairlie, Robert Francis (1830–1885)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/9101. Retrieved 2014-08-01. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  7. ^ The Biographical Directory of the Railway Officials of America for 1887. Chicago: Railway Age. 1887. pp. 144–145.
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