1795 in rail transport

1795 in rail transport

Events

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* A wooden railway on Beacon Hill in Boston carried excavations down the hill to clear the land for the State House

Births

December births

* December 10 - Matthias W. Baldwin, American steam locomotive manufacturer (d. 1866).

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* John B. Jervis, Chief mechanical engineer of the Mohawk and Hudson Railroad who pioneered the use of the leading truck on steam locomotives (d. 1885).

Deaths

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