1808 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1808.
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[edit] Events
[edit] February events
- February 8 - The Washington Bridge Company is granted authority in Washington, D.C., to build the Long Bridge over the Potomac River, a bridge that will eventually be rebuilt to carry the first railroad tracks to cross the river.[1]
[edit] Births
[edit] February births
- February 10 - John Edgar Thomson, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad 1852–1874 (d. 1874).
[edit] Unknown date births
- George Muirson Totten, chief construction engineer for the Panama Railway (d. 1884).[2]
[edit] Deaths
[edit] References
- ^ Washington, D.C., Chapter, National Railway Historical Society, Washington, D.C. Railroad History. Retrieved February 8, 2006.
- ^ George Muirson Totten. Retrieved February 9, 2005.
