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John Edgar Thomson was the third president of the Pennsylvania Railroad and led the company from 1852 to 1874. Although John Thomson never had children of his own, he often pondered on the difficulties of orphaned girls. In that era, a fatherless boy could usually get a trade school education or find employment; a girl had little opportunity for either.
La Horseshoe Curve a été construite par la compagnie PRR afin de traverser les Allegheny Mountains. Cette voie ferrée, conçue par John Edgar Thomson et Herman Haupt, fut ouverte le 15 février 1854 et fit partie d'une des principales lignes Est-Ouest de la compagnie PRR. La Horseshoe Curve est exploitée depuis 1854, et ce sans interruption.
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THOMSON, John Edgar, civil engineer, born in Springfield, Delaware County, Pc.., 10 February, 1808; died in Philadelphia., Pennsylvania, 27 May, 1874. He was the son of John Thomson, the engineer who planned the first experimental railroad in the United States, and was thoroughly trained and educated in the profession by his father.
The John Edgar Thomson Foundation, established in 1882 and endowed by the will of Mr. Thomson, third President of the Pennsylvania Railroad, offers limited financial assistance to daughters of a deceased parent. The parent, regardless of gender, must have been in the active employ of a railroad in the United States at the time of death. The cause of death need not be work-related and the ...
Edgar Thomson Steel Works in the mid-1990s. The Edgar Thomson Steel Works is a steel mill in the Pittsburgh area communities of Braddock and North Braddock, Pennsylvania. It has been active since 1875. It is currently owned by U.S. Steel and is known as Mon Valley Works – Edgar Thomson Plant .
Named after the president of the Pennsylvania Railroad, John Edgar Thomson (1808-74), the steel works in Pittsburgh was opened in 1872 by the Scottish immigrant Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919). Carnegie improved the designs of the original ‘Bessemer’ process and reduced the cost of making steel. Located on the banks of the Monongahela River, the mill could provide cost-effective transportation ...
