1810 in rail transport - Definition

This article will list events related to rail transport that occurred in 1810.

Events

Births

April births

• April 15 - Whitmell P. Tunstall, first president of the Richmond and Danville Railroad (d. 1854).

Unknown date births

• Isaac Dripps, mechanical engineer for the Camden and Amboy Railroad who assembled the John Bull (d. 1892).
• Joseph Harrison, Jr., partner in the American steam locomotive manufacturing firm of Eastwick and Harrison (d. 1874).
• William S. Hudson, superintendent of American steam locomotive manufacturing firm of Rogers, Ketchum and Grosvenor (d. 1881).
• David Levy Yulee, Florida railroad executive (d. 1886).

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.