1834 in rail transport

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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1834.

Contents 1 Events 1.1 January events 1.2 February events 1.3 December events 1.4 Unknown date events 2 Births 2.1 April births 3 Deaths 4 References

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 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 (January 2005), This Month in Railroad History - January. Retrieved May 23, 2005.