George H. Middleton (
fl. 1870 in
Strathmeigle,
Scotland
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– 1892) was a Canadian
engineer
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, who had worked on as a sub-contractor of the
Canadian Pacific Railway and partner to
Robert G. Reid in the building of the
Newfoundland Railway
The Newfoundland Railway operated on the island of Newfoundland from 1898 to 1988. With a total track length of , it was the longest narrow-gauge railway system in North America.
Early construction
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In 1880, a committee of the Newfoundland Leg ...
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Middleton came to Canada in the 1870s with two of his brothers to work on the construction of Canadian Pacific Railway.
Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador
''Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador'' is an Encyclopedia commissioned by Joey Smallwood to capture the people, places, events and history of the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Smallwood's view on the purpose of the encyclopedia wa ...
, Volume three, page 534, 535 He had met Reid while working on the CPR and they eventually became partners. Middleton's brother Alexander participated in the surveying of the route for the Newfoundland Railway in 1889.
Both Middleton and Reid had contracted with the
Whiteway government of
Newfoundland on
June 18, 1890 to build sections of the Railway.
[ Sometime in 1892 he had a falling out with Reid and dissolved the partnership. Reid went on to complete the Railway contract.
]
See also
* Newfoundland Railway
The Newfoundland Railway operated on the island of Newfoundland from 1898 to 1988. With a total track length of , it was the longest narrow-gauge railway system in North America.
Early construction
]
In 1880, a committee of the Newfoundland Leg ...
* List of people of Newfoundland and Labrador
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People
* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
* SC Germania List, German rugby unio ...
References
External links
Newfoundland Railway - Newfoundland & Labrador Heritage
Year of birth missing
1892 deaths
Scottish emigrants to pre-Confederation Newfoundland
Newfoundland Colony people
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