Who built the first railroad in the united states?
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Who built the first funicular railway in the united states? Who built the first test railroad track in the united states? Who built the first constructed railroad also meant to be permanent in the united states?
Charles Bullfinch
Thomas Leiper
Thomas Leiper
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Charles Bullfinch first railroad in the united states
Charles Bulfinch Bulfinch Triangle Historic District U.S. Capitol Gatehouses and Gateposts Massachusetts State House Bulfinch Massachusetts General Hospital, Bulfinch Building Stephen Greenleaf Bulfinch First Church of Christ, Unitarian Thomas Bulfinch Middlesex County Courthouse (Massachusetts)
<b>Charles Bulfinch</b> (August 8, 1763 – April 15, 1844) was an early American 
architect, and has been regarded by many as the first native-born American to 
practice&nbsp;... The entire district was laid out by architect <b>Charles Bulfinch</b> on land reclaimed 
from the old Mill Pond (also known as North Cove), and is now populated by&nbsp;... The U.S. Capitol Gatehouses and Gateposts — designed circa 1827 by 
celebrated architect <b>Charles Bulfinch</b> — originally stood on the grounds of the 
United&nbsp;... The building, designed by architect <b>Charles Bulfinch</b>, was completed in January 
1798 at a cost of $133,333 (more than five times the budget), and has repeatedly
&nbsp;... Bulfinch is a surname. It may refer to: <b>Charles Bulfinch</b> (1763–1830), an 
American architect; Thomas Bulfinch (1796–1867), an American writer best 
known as&nbsp;... It was designed by architect <b>Charles Bulfinch</b>, and built between 1818 and 1823, 
with a major expansion in 1844-46. A National Historic Landmark, it is an&nbsp;... Stephen Greenleaf Bulfinch (often referred to as S.G. Bulfinch) was born in 
Boston, Massachusetts on June 18, 1809, the tenth child of <b>Charles Bulfinch</b>,&nbsp;... The church&#39;s fifth meeting house, built in 1816, was designed by architect 
<b>Charles Bulfinch</b>, and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1977,&nbsp;... Bulfinch belonged to a well-educated merchant family of modest means. His 
father was <b>Charles Bulfinch</b>, the architect of the Massachusetts State House in&nbsp;... It was initially designed in 1814-1816 by noted architect <b>Charles Bulfinch</b> (1763–
1844), and subsequently enlarged in 1848 by Ammi B. Young. The original&nbsp;...
Oldest railroads in North America Timeline of United States railway history History of rail transportation in the United States First Transcontinental Railroad Transcontinental railroad Rail transportation in the United States Southern Railway (U.S.) Baltimore and Ohio Railroad United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company United States Railroad Administration
This New Jersey <b>Railroad</b> Company is the <b>first</b> passenger carrier <b>railroad</b> 
chartered in the <b>United States</b>, but fails to attract investors and is never built. Its 
rights&nbsp;... The Timeline of U.S.A Railway History depends upon the definition of a railway, 
as follows: A ... With one or two unimportant exceptions, this was the <b>first railroad</b> 
<b>in the United States</b>. — James E. Held, Archaeology. The resultant Summit Hill&nbsp;... The American <b>railroad</b> mania began with the founding of the <b>first</b> passenger and 
freight line in the nation of&nbsp;... This in part motivated the <b>United States</b> to complete the Gadsden Purchase. In 
1856 the Select Committee on the Pacific <b>Railroad</b> and Telegraph of the <b>US</b> 
House&nbsp;... The <b>first</b> concrete plan for a transcontinental <b>railroad in the United States</b> was 
presented to Congress by Asa Whitney in&nbsp;... It achieved the status of <b>first</b> transcontinental <b>railroad</b> by connecting myriad 
eastern <b>U.S. railroads</b> to the Pacific. However&nbsp;... Known as the &quot;<b>First Railroad</b> War,&quot; the Civil War left the South&#39;s <b>railroads</b> and 
economy devastated. Most of the <b>railroads</b>, however, were repaired, reorganized 
and&nbsp;... The B&amp;O also includes the Leiper <b>Railroad</b>, the <b>first</b> permanent horse-drawn 
<b>railroad in the U.S.</b> At the end of 1970, the B&amp;O&nbsp;... The <b>first railroad</b> charter in the <b>United States</b> was issued on February 6, 1815 to 
the New Jersey <b>Railroad</b> Company. Its proprietors included the famous inventor&nbsp;... The <b>United States Railroad</b> Administration (USRA) was the name of the 
nationalized <b>railroad</b> system of the <b>United States</b> between December 28, 1917, 
and March <b>1st</b>, 1920.
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Timeline of United States railway history