1820 in rail transport

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1820.

Births

May births

• May 2 - Robert Gerwig, German civil engineer, designer of Schwarzwald Railway and the Hell Valley Railway (d. 1885).^[1]

July births

• July 31 - John W. Garrett, president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad from 1858 (d. 1884).

September births

• September 20 - Alfred Belpaire, inventor of the Belpaire firebox used on steam locomotives (d. 1893).

References

• "Biography of John Work Garrett". Retrieved 2005-03-02.
• "Continental engineers". Retrieved 2005-02-09.
• White, John H, Jr. (Spring 1986). "America's Most Noteworthy Railroaders". Railroad History. 154: 9–15. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

1. ^ "Robert Gerwig". German Wikipedia. Retrieved 2005-12-06.