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.
Thomas Dickson was born in Leeds, England in 1824,[1] and died in Morristown, New Jersey.
[2] In 1836, Dickson's family moved to Carbondale, Pennsylvania, where he worked as a mule driver for the Delaware and Hudson Railroad.
In 1859, Dickson was appointed the superintendent of coal for the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company.
[citation needed] He also established an iron plant on the shores of Lake Champlain.