1824 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1824.
Events
May events
- May 17 â The Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway in Scotland is authorised; construction begins the following month.[1]
October events
- October 29 - Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company, in England, issues its first prospectus.[2]
December events
- December 31 - George Stephenson, his son Robert Stephenson, Edward Pease and Michael Longridge form George Stephenson and Company, a railway construction consultancy.[3]
Births
March births
- March 9 - Leland Stanford, a member of The Big Four group of financiers in California.
October births
- October 2 - Henry C. Lord, president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 1868â1869 (d. 1884).[4]
November births
- November 14 â James Mitchell Ashley, founder and president of Ann Arbor Railroad, is born (d. 1896).
Unknown date births
- John Cooke, founder of American steam locomotive manufacturing company Cooke Locomotive Works (d. 1882).[5]