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1750s in rail transport

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1755
Births September births
1758
Events June events
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References

This article lists events relating to rail transport that occurred during the 1750s.

1755

Births

September births

September 13 – Oliver Evans, pioneering steam locomotive designer and inventor (died 1819).

1758

Events

June events

June 9 – The Middleton Railway is the first in Great Britain to be granted powers by Act of Parliament. It was built by Charles Brandling to carry coal from his pits at Middleton into Leeds and was at this time a wooden, horse-drawn wagonway with a gauge of 4 ft 1 in (1.254 m); much rebuilt it survives as a heritage railway.^[1]^[2]^[3]

References

1. ^{{cite book|author=Bushell, J.|title=The World’s Oldest Railway: a history of the Middleton Railway|year=1975|publisher=Turntable Publications|location=Sheffield|isbn=0-902844-27-X}}
2. ^{{cite journal|author=Paley, W. B.|title=The first railway Act|journal=Locomotive|year=1910|pages=49–50, 76}}
3. ^{{cite journal|author=Sharman, Frank A.|title=The first railway Act?|journal=Journal of the Railway and Canal Historical Society|volume=21|year=1975|pages=47–9}}

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