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Contents
1 Events
1.1 Unknown date events
2 Births
2.1 February births
3 Deaths
3.1 November deaths
3.2 Unknown date deaths
4 References
Events
Unknown date events
After Thomas Rogers 's death, his son, Jacob S. Rogers , reorganizes
Rogers, Ketchum and Grosvenor
as
Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works
.
Births
February births
February 2
-
Frederick William Vanderbilt
, director of the
New York Central
system (d.
1938
).
Deaths
November deaths
November 1
-
John Urpeth Rastrick
,
English
steam locomotive
builder and partner in
Foster, Rastrick and Company
(b.
1780
).
Unknown date deaths
Thomas Rogers ,
American
steam locomotive
builder.
References
Brief biographies of major mechanical engineers
. Retrieved
February 9
2005
.
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