1802 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1802.
Events
March events
- March 24 â Andrew Vivian and Richard Trevithick of Cornwall, England, are granted the first British patent for a steam engine for propelling carriages and other purposes.[1]
June events
- June 3 â Carmarthenshire Railway or Tramroad authorised under Act of Parliament, the first granted for a public railway in Wales.[2] Its acquisition of the Carmarthenshire Dock at Llanelly also makes it the worldâs first dock-owning public railway company.[3]
September events
- September 21 â First traffic passes over the Surrey Iron Railway in England.[4]
Births
January births
- January 10 â Carl Ritter von Ghega, Austrian civil engineer, builder of the Semmering railway (d. 1860).
February births
- February 2 â Moncure Robinson, builder of the Chesterfield Railroad (d. 1891).
July births
- July 2 â William Norris, American steam locomotive builder and founder of Norris Locomotive Works (d. 1867).[5]