Home›Industrials›Founded›By Decade›1840sBrowse By1840sThis dimension groups companies by the year they were founded. Wikipedia notes that "incorporated companies are created through state registration," a registration that happens in one specific year. Browsing by founded year lets a visitor compare companies established at the same time.Facts1840sSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonGICS Sector CodeWell-attested20 11840sFilter Results44 entriesIndustryAllRailroad Industry (1)Shipbuilding Industry (2)Company TypeAllAbandoned railway (1)Joint railway company (1)Law firm (4)Private (2)Private company limited by guarantee (1)Public (K.K) (1)Public Company (1)Railroad (1)Railway company (18)Railway line (2)Transport company (1)Sector (GICS)AllAerospace and Defense (1)Construction and Engineering (1)East North Central Railroads (3)East of England Railroads (1)English Railroads (14)European Railroads (4)German Railroads (4)Greater London Railroads (2)Industrial Conglomerates (1)Irish Railroads (1)Legal Services (4)Management and Professional Consulting (1)Marine Transportation (1)Middle Atlantic Railroads (2)New England Railroads (4)North East England Railroads (1)North West England Railroads (5)Professional and Commercial Services (5)Railroads (35)Railroads of the Americas (2)Railroads of the United Kingdom and Ireland (19)Scottish Railroads (3)South West England Railroads (1)United States Railroads (10)Welsh Railroads (1)West Midlands England Railroads (3)West North Central Railroads (1)Yorkshire and the Humber Railroads (1)DissolvedAll1866 (1)1874 (2)1876 (1)1886 (1)1911 (1)1920 (1)1922 (3)1923 (3)1947 (1)1963 (1)1968 (1)1971 (1)1986 (2)Headquartered InAllAberdeen (1)Chicago (2)Edinburgh (1)Germany (1)Glasgow (1)London (3)Manchester (1)New York City (2)Ontario (1)Philadelphia (1)St. Louis (1)Stuttgart (1)United States (1)BrowseCompareSelect all 44"Little" North Western Railway1840sAltona-Kiel Railway Company1840sAndroscoggin Railroad1840sBaker Botts1840sBarlow Lyde & Gilbert1840sBelfast and County Down Railway1840sBird & Bird1840sBirmingham and Oxford Junction Railway1840sCaledonian Railway1840sChester and Holyhead Railway1840sCockermouth and Workington Railway1840sDavis Polk & Wardwell1840sDeloitte1840sFurness Railway1840sGloucester and Dean Forest Railway1840sGrand Junction Railroad1840sGreat North of Scotland Railway1840sGreat Northern Railway (Great Britain)1840sJohn Crown & Sons1840sKajima Corporation1840sLancashire and Yorkshire Railway1840sLehigh Valley Railroad1840sLondon and North Western Railway1840sLondon, Brighton and South Coast Railway1840sMichigan Central Railroad1840sMilwaukee Road1840sMonon Railroad1840sNewport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway1840sNorth British Railway1840sNorthern Railway of Canada1840sOxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway1840sPacific Railroad1840sPennsylvania Railroad1840sRoyal Hanoverian State Railways1840sRoyal Wurttemberg State Railways1840sRutland Railroad1840sShrewsbury and Wellington Joint Railway1840sSiemens1840sSomerset and Kennebec Railroad1840sSt. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad1840sThuringian Railway Company1840sWilliam Doxford & Sons1840sYarmouth and Norwich Railway1840sYork, Newcastle and Berwick Railway1840sSources1. Wikipedia: Global Industry Classification Standardtier 2WikipediaGlobal Industry Classification Standard, sector table, Industrials rowQuote, Global Industry Classification Standard, sector table, Industrials row20 IndustrialsView the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.