1857 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1857.
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Events
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January events
- January 13 - Thaddeus Fairbanks is awarded U.S. Patent 16,381 (http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=16,381.WKU.&OS=PN/16,381&RS=PN/16,381) for a railroad scale.
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June events
- June 4 - The first central connection to the Mississippi River is made when the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad connects Cincinnati, Ohio, to St. Louis, Missouri.
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October events
- October - Charles Moran succeeds Homer Ramdell as president of the Erie Railroad.
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December events
- December 15 - George S. Griggs is awarded U.S. Patent 18,883 (http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=18,883.WKU.&OS=PN/18,883&RS=PN/18,883) for a steam locomotive fire arch developed by Matthew Baird.
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Unknown date events
- Aretas Blood succeeds O. W. Bayley as superintendent of American steam locomotive builder Manchester Locomotive Works.
- Daniel Drew joins the Board of Directors for the Erie Railroad
- The first shipment of dressed beef by rail is sent from the Chicago Stockyards; the beef is packed in ice and shipped in conventional boxcars.
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Births
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Deaths
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References
- Erie Railroad presidents (http://erierr.railfan.net/eriepres.html). Retrieved March 15 2005.
- White, John H., Jr. (1968). A history of the American locomotive; its development: 1830-1880. Dover Publications, New York, NY. ISBN 0-486-23818-0.
