World War I Memorials and Monuments - GO Station, Hamilton ON
N 43° 15.198 W 079° 52.146
17T E 591798 N 4789564
Inside the main entrance to the Hamilton GO station is this plaque to those that lost their lives during the Great War from the T.H. and B. Railway.
Waymark Code: WM5ZGE
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 03/07/2009
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Due to the lighting inside the entrance, photography is difficult for low end digital cameras. But this does not diminish the viewing of this plaque.
The T.H. and B. railway served the corridor of Toronto, Hamilton, and Buffalo. The Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Historical Society website has the following information on their history.
The Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Railway (TH&B) existed from 1892 through 1987 as a separate railway serving the Hamilton, Ontario area. It joined the lines of its corporate parents, the Canadian Pacific Railway and the New York Central system. It was established largely as an alternate route for the businesses in the Hamilton area to ship their products to Canadian customers in Toronto, Montreal, and the west and to American customers via the New York Central and its subsidiaries.
The TH&B was jointly owned after July 1895 by the CPR and NYC (and its successor, Penn Central) until 1977, when CP Rail bought the remaining shares and became full owner of the railway. The TH&B was integrated into the operations of its parent in 1987, losing its distinct identity as a separate railway.
The railway also owned a subsidiary company to operate a rail ferry between Ashtabula, Ohio and Port Maitland, Ontario. The TH&B Navigation Company was chartered in 1916 and operated the "Maitland No. 1" until 1932.
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