1831 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1831.
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[edit] Events
[edit] April events
- April 23 - the Pontchartrain Rail-Road begins operation.
- April 25
- Matthias W. Baldwin displays a model steam locomotive at the Philadelphia City Museum a year before building his first full-size locomotive for a working railroad.
- The New York and Harlem Railroad is incorporated.
[edit] June events
- June 17 - The first boiler explosion in the United States occurs when the engineer on the Best Friend of Charleston ties the steam safety pressure release valve shut.[1]
- June 18 - The John Bull is constructed by Robert Stephenson and Company in England.
- June 21 - The Boston and Providence Rail Road is incorporated and chartered to build a railroad connection between Boston, Massachusetts, and Providence, Rhode Island.
- June 23 - The Boston and Worcester Railroad is chartered to build a railroad between its namesake cities in Massachusetts.
[edit] July events
- July 14 - The John Bull departs Liverpool aboard the steamship Allegheny bound for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
[edit] August events
- August 9 - The Mohawk and Hudson Railroad, the first railroad built in New York state, opens.
[edit] September events
- September 4 - The John Bull arrives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from Liverpool.
- September 15 - The John Bull is operated for the first time on the Camden and Amboy Railroad.
- September 24 - The Mohawk and Hudson Railroad opens between Albany and Schenectady, New York.
[edit] November events
- November 12 - Robert L. Stevens, president of the Camden and Amboy Railroad hosts a demonstration run of the John Bull for New Jersey politicians and dignitaries.
[edit] Unknown date events
- The first railroad built in Virginia, the Chesterfield Railroad, begins operations.
- The New York and Harlem Railroad is incorporated to build a passenger railroad between its namesake cities.
- John B. Jervis becomes the chief engineer for the Mohawk and Hudson Railroad, a predecessor of the New York Central.
[edit] Births
[edit] March births
- March - Robert F. Fairlie, Scottish steam locomotive builder (d. 1885).[2]
- March 3 - George Pullman, American inventor and industrialist, founder of the Pullman Company (d. 1897)
[edit] August births
- August 26 - T. Jefferson Coolidge, president of Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 1880–1881 (d. 1920).[3]
[edit] Unknown date births
- Eli H. Janney, inventor of the knuckle coupler (d. 1912).
[edit] Deaths
[edit] References
- Mitchell, Frank (March 1999), M. W. Baldwin. Retrieved February 15, 2005.
- White, John H., Jr., (Spring 1986), America's most noteworthy railroaders, Railroad History, The Railway and Locomotive Historical Society, 154, p. 9-15.
- ^ Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2005), This Month in Railroad History - June. Retrieved June 13, 2005.
- ^ Robert Francis Fairlie. Retrieved February 9, 2005.
- ^ The Political Graveyard (March 10, 2005), Politicians in Railroading in Massachusetts. Retrieved December 29, 2005.
