Sir Henry Thornton
1871 – 1933

Photographs of
Plaque

Located in the CN Railway Station at the south end of Hollis Street, in Halifax

GPS location: 44°38'22"N 63°34'06"W

Railway station, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Photographed 4 January 2006

Sir Henry Thornton

K.B.E.: Knight of the British Empire
Photographed 28 November 2002

Photographed 4 January 2006

Sir Henry Thornton brief biography, Canadian Railway Hall of Fame
http://www.railfame.ca/sec_ind/leaders/en_2002_ThonrntonH.asp

The Tragedy of Sir Henry Thornton
http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/networks/networks_CNR11.html

Canada's First Network: CNR Radio
http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/networks/networks_CNR.html

Sir Henry's Network Spans Canada
http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/networks/networks_CNR6b.html

Setting the Pace, 1923-1929 Canadian National Railways history
http://www.cn.ca/companyinfo/history/en_AboutSettingthepace19231929.htm

Amalgamation: Formation of the CNR
http://cnpensionersindex.homestead.com/Amalgamation.html

The Wayback Machine has archived copies of
Amalgamation: Formation of the CNR

Archived: 2001 October 22
http://web.archive.org/web/20011027145817/http://cnpensionersindex.homestead.com/Amalgamation.html

Archived: 2002 December 07
http://web.archive.org/web/20021207032330/http://cnpensionersindex.homestead.com/Amalgamation.html

Archived: 2003 November 18
http://web.archive.org/web/20031118232158/http://cnpensionersindex.homestead.com/Amalgamation.html

Archived: 2004 April 4
http://web.archive.org/web/20040404143917/http://cnpensionersindex.homestead.com/Amalgamation.html

These links were accessed and found to be valid on 18 August 2010.

Photographs of War Memorials, Historic Monuments and Plaques in Nova Scotia
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Sir William Alexander monument Victoria Park, Halifax
http://ns1763.ca/hfxrm/alexwill.html

Sir John Wentworth plaque Halifax
http://ns1763.ca/hfxrm/wentworthj.html

Alexander Keith monument Camp Hill Cemetery, Halifax
http://ns1763.ca/hfxrm/keithal.html

Halifax war memorial The Cenotaph, Grand Parade
http://ns1763.ca/hfxrm/hfxwarmem.html

Welsford-Parker monument, Crimean War Halifax
http://ns1763.ca/hfxrm/crimeamon.html

Old Burying Ground plaque Halifax
http://ns1763.ca/hfxrm/oldburygnd.html

Military Engineers Alderney Landing, Dartmouth
http://ns1763.ca/hfxrm/alderneylanding.html

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