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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1833.
Events
February events
- February 15 - The Western Railroad of Massachusetts is chartered to build a railroad between Worcester, Massachusetts, and the New York state line.
September events
- September - Eleazer Lord becomes the first president of the Erie Railroad.[1]
Unknown date events
- Robert Stephenson is appointed to the position of Chief Engineer for the London and Birmingham Railway.
- Construction is completed on the Camden and Amboy Railroad in New Jersey.
- The Utica and Schenectady Railroad is chartered.
- Tredegar Iron Works, an American steam locomotive manufacturer, is formed in Virginia.
- The Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway operates a wagon ferry on the Forth and Clyde Canal in Scotland.[2]
Births
- December 6 – Thaddeus C. Pound, president of Chippewa Falls and Western Railway and St. Paul Eastern Grand Trunk Railway (d. 1914).[3]
Deaths
April deaths
- April 22 - Richard Trevithick, English inventor and steam locomotive builder (b. 1771).
References
- ^ Stratton, Fred. "Erie Railroad presidents". Retrieved 2005-03-02.
- ^ Marshall, John (1989). The Guinness Railway Book. Enfield: Guinness. ISBN 0-85112-359-7.
- ^ Easton, Larry E. (2007). "The Wisconsin Central in Eau Claire". The Soo. 29 (3). The Soo Line Historical and Technical Society: pp 9-43. ISSN 0733-5296.
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