Allan Thomson
City councilman
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| Intro | City councilman | |
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| Birth | 1788 | |
| Death | 1884 (aged 96 years) |
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Allan Thomson (1788-1884) 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.