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1750s in rail transport

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1740s . 1750s in rail transport . 1760s
Other topics: archaeology

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

1755

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Births

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September births

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1756

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Births

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February births

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  • February 23 – Franz Josef Gerstner, pioneering Austrian railway engineer and physicist (died 1832).

1758

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Events

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June events

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Bushell, J. (1975). The World’s Oldest Railway: a history of the Middleton Railway. Sheffield: Turntable Publications. ISBN 0-902844-27-X.
  2. ^ Paley, W. B. (1910). "The first railway Act". Locomotive: 49–50, 76.
  3. ^ Sharman, Frank A. (1975). "The first railway Act?". Journal of the Railway and Canal Historical Society. 21: 47–9.
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