Years in rail transport
Timeline of railway history

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1805.

Events

Births

June births

August births

November births

  • November 7 – Thomas Brassey, English railway contractor who supervised the construction of more than 6500 miles (10461 km) of track around the world (d. 1870).[1]

Unknown date births

Deaths

References

  • 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.
  1. Helps, Arthur The Life and Works of Mr Brassey, 1872 republished Nonsuch, 2006 ISBN 1-84588-011-0
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