Timeline - 1831

• First steam engine "The York" operates in U.S. on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad. [DWS]

• The Baldwin Locomotive Works is created.  It builds its first locomotive in 1832.

Timeline Key:

• Railroad event in Michigan

• Event relating to mining
• Event related to car ferries
• Event outside of Michigan
• Improvement in Technology
• Railroad built or extended
• Railroad abandoned and/or removed
• Economic panic or depression