1822 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1822.
Events
May events
- May 24 â The first rail of the Stockton and Darlington Railway is laid in ceremonial style at Stockton-on-Tees by the Chairman of the company, Thomas Meynell.
November events
- November 18 â The Hetton colliery railway, near Sunderland, England, opens for locomotive traction, being designed by George Stephenson to be wholly steam worked.[1]
Births
September births
- September 16 â Charles Crocker, a member of The Big Four group of financiers in California (d. 1888).[2]