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EVENTS

January events

January 30 - Construction on the first railroad in Kentucky , linking Lexington and Frankfort , is completed.

February events

February 25 - The Richmond, Fredericksburg And Potomac Railroad is formed to connect cities in Virginia .

December events

December 17 - The Dublin And Kingstown Railway , the first public railway built in Ireland, opens between Westland Row (now Pearse Station ) and Dunleary, County Dublin , Ireland .

Unknown date events

The Wilmington And Raleigh Railroad begins construction in North Carolina .

The Castleton And West Stockbridge Railroad is chartered to build a railroad between Albany, New York and the Massachusetts state line.

BIRTHS

April births

April 1 - Jim Fisk , American financier who worked with Daniel Drew for control of the Erie Railroad (d. 1872 ).

April 23 - Chauncey Depew , president of New York Central Railroad (d. 1928 ).

DEATHS

REFERENCES

Association of American Railroads (, 2005 .