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Allan Thomson (businessman)
Allan
Thomson
was a
banker
,
railroad
executive
, and
city councilman
of
Wilmington, Delaware
.
In
1838
, Thomson served as
treasurer
for three of the four
railroads
that built the first
rail link
from
Philadelphia
south: the
Wilmington and Susquehanna Railroad
, the
Delaware and Maryland Railroad
, and the
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad
, for which service he is named on the
1839
Newkirk Viaduct Monument
.