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EVENTS

January events

January 16 - The Galena And Chicago Union Railroad , the oldest portion of what is to become the Chicago And North Western Railway , is chartered.

March events

March - The Syracuse And Utica Railroad , a predecessor of the New York Central Railroad , is chartered to build a railroad between its namesake cities in New York .

May events

May 5 - The Albany And West Stockbridge Railroad is chartered as the successor to the Castleton And West Stockbridge Railroad in Massachusetts and eastern New York .

July events

July 13 - John Ruggles is awarded for his improvements to railroad Steam Locomotive tires.

August events

August 1 - The Utica And Schenectady Railroad , a predecessor of the New York Central Railroad in New York , opens.

September events

September 5 - The Lake Wimico And St. Joseph Canal And Railroad , the first steam Railroad in Florida , opens.

Unknown date events

The Louisa Railroad of Louisa County, Virginia , an early predecessor of the Chesapeake And Ohio Railway begins construction.

The Champlain And St. Lawrence Railroad opens in Quebec , Canada .

Henry R. Campbell builds the first 4-4-0 , a Steam Locomotive type that will soon become the most common on all Railroad s of the United States .

BIRTHS

February births

February 9 - Franklin B. Gowen , president of the Philadelphia And Reading Railroad 1866 – 1883 (d. 1889 ).

March births

March 16 - Andrew Smith Hallidie , who developed the first practical Cable Car system for San Francisco, California (d. 1900 ).

May births

May 21 - Francis William Webb , Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London And North Western Railway (d. 1906 ).

May 27 - Jay Gould , American financier who, with Jim Fisk , took control of the Erie Railroad (d. 1892 ).

September births

September 17 - William Jackson Palmer , builder of the Denver And Rio Grande Western Railroad (d. 1909 ).

DEATHS

January deaths

January 7 - John Molson , established the Champlain And Saint Lawrence Railroad , the first railway into Canada (b. 1763 ).

REFERENCES

'' Franklin Gowen ''. Retrieved March 2 2005 .

Pennsylvania Railroad Historical and Technical Society (June ). Retrieved March 5 2005 .

White, John H, Jr. ( Spring 1986 ), America's Most Noteworthy Railroaders, ''Railroad History'', 154, p. 9-15.