1856 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1856.
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[edit] Events
[edit] April events
- April 21 - The first railroad bridge across the Mississippi River opens between Rock Island, Illinois, and Davenport, Iowa.[1]
[edit] May events
- May - Saltaire station opens on the Midland Railway (formerly the Leeds and Bradford Extension Railway) north of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England.
- May 6 - The newly constructed sidewheeler Effie Afton runs into one of the supports for the first railroad bridge across the Mississippi River, causing a fire that destroys the bridge just two weeks after it had opened.[1]
[edit] July events
- July 14 - The Rome and Frascati Rail Road opens for service.
[edit] September events
- September 21 - Illinois Central Railroad connects Chicago to Cairo, Illinois, completing 700 miles (1,126 km) of track to become the longest railway in the United States.
[edit] Unknown date events
- After Thomas Rogers's death, his son, Jacob S. Rogers, reorganizes Rogers, Ketchum and Grosvenor as Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works.
[edit] Births
[edit] February births
- February 2 - Frederick William Vanderbilt, director of the New York Central system (d. 1938).
[edit] Deaths
[edit] March deaths
- March 11 - James Beatty, Irish engineer who was involved in building the European and North American Railway and the Grand Crimean Central Railway (b. 1820).
[edit] November deaths
- November 1 - John Urpeth Rastrick, English steam locomotive builder and partner in Foster, Rastrick and Company (b. 1780).
[edit] Unknown date deaths
- Thomas Rogers, American steam locomotive builder (b. 1792).
[edit] References
- Brief biographies of major mechanical engineers. Retrieved February 9, 2005.
- Rivanna Chapter National Railway Historical Society (2005), This month in railroad history: September. Retrieved September 21, 2005.
- White, John H., Jr. (1968). A history of the American locomotive; its development: 1830-1880. New York, NY: Dover Publications. ISBN 0-486-23818-0.
- ^ a b Willard, John; Quad City Times (January 31, 2006), Dinner marks 150th birthday of the first railroad crossing on the Mississippi. Retrieved January 31, 2006.
