1802 in rail transport
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Template:Short description Template:Sidebar This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1802.
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Events
March events
- March 24 – Andrew Vivian and Richard Trevithick of Cornwall, England, are granted the first British patent for a steam engine for propelling carriages and other purposes.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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June events
- June 3 – Carmarthenshire Railway or Tramroad authorised under Act of Parliament, the first granted for a public railway in Wales.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Its acquisition of the Carmarthenshire Dock at Llanelly also makes it the world’s first dock-owning public railway company.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
September events
- September 21 – First traffic passes over the Surrey Iron Railway in England.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
Births
January births
- January 10 – Carl Ritter von Ghega, Austrian civil engineer, builder of the Semmering railway (d. 1860).
February births
- February 2 – Moncure Robinson, builder of the Chesterfield Railroad (d. 1891).
July births
- July 2 – William Norris, American steam locomotive builder and founder of Norris Locomotive Works (d. 1867).<ref name="Steamindex">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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