Thomas Dickson

Thomas Dickson (1824 – July 31, 1884) was an English-American industrialist who manufactured steam engines, boilers and locomotives, and was the President of the Delaware and Hudson Railroad. Early life Thomas Dickson was born in Leeds, England in 1824, and died in Morristown, New Jersey. Dickson and his family immigrated to Nova Scotia in 1835. In 1836, Dickson's family moved to Carbondale, Pennsylvania, where he worked as a mule driver for the Delaware and Hudson Railroad. Early career In 1855, Thomas Dickson joined his brothers John and George and friends Maurice and Charles Wurts, and opened a small machine shop and foundry under the name of "Dickson & Co". In 1856, George Scranton persuaded the company to relocate to the newly incorporated Scranton, Pennsylvania. In 1862, The company incorporated as the Dickson Manufacturing Company. Thomas was president from 1856 though 1867.