1804, 1805, 1806

Years in rail transport

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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1805.

Events

Births

June births

• June 15 - William Butler Ogden, president of the Chicago and North Western Railway (d. 1877).

August births

• August 9 - Joseph Locke, English civil engineer who became Chief Engineer on the Grand Junction Railway (d. 1860).

November births

• November 7 - Thomas Brassey, English railway contractor who supervised the construction of more than 6500 miles (10461 km) of track around the world (d. 1870)^[1].

Unknown date births

• George S. Griggs, pioneering master mechanic in American steam locomotive manufacturing (d. 1870).
• William Swinburne, American locomotive designer and builder (d. 1883).

Deaths

References

• White, John H., Jr. (1968). A history of the American locomotive; its development: 1830-1880. Dover Publications, New York, NY. ISBN 0-486-23818-0. 

1. ^ Helps, Arthur The Life and Works of Mr Brassey, 1872 republished Nonsuch, 2006 ISBN 1845880110