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1817 in rail transport

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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1817.

Events

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Births

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March births

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June births

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  • June 20 - Silas Seymour, chief engineer and/or consulting engineer for several railroads in New York in the mid- to late 19th century (d. 1890).

July births

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October births

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Unknown date births

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Deaths

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References

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  • White, John H. Jr. (Spring 1986). "America's Most Noteworthy Railroaders". Railroad History. 154: 9–15. ISSN 0090-7847. JSTOR 43523785. OCLC 1785797.
  • White, John H. Jr. (1968). A history of the American locomotive; its development: 1830–1880. New York, NY: Dover Publications. ISBN 0-486-23818-0.
  1. ^ van Laun, John (2001). Early Limestone Railways. London: Newcomen Society. p. 50. ISBN 0-904685-09-8.
  2. ^ "Mitchell, Alexander, (1817–1887)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 2012-01-12.