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The Reid Newfoundland Company was incorporated in September 1901 and was the operator of the Newfoundland Railway across the island from 1901 to 1923. For a time it was the largest landowner in the country. The company was founded by Sir Robert Gillespie Reid of Scotland a businessman who had interests in the development of the Pulp and Paper industry and mining industry.
By the late 19th Century, the Reid Newfoundland Company had reached
Norris Arm with its construction of the railway. At that time, railway
tracks started in St. John's and stopped here in Norris Arm.1
gauge as the Reid Newfoundland Company trackage) beginning in 1908 and
completing it in 1909. It would later be renamed the Grand Falls
Central Railway.2
grants and was permitted to form the Reid Newfoundland Company, which
had responsibility for managing Reid's landholdings, and for operating
the railway, the coastal steamship services, the St.3
In 1898 the Reid Newfoundland Company built the first hydroelectric
generating station in Newfoundland in Petty Harbour.
Electricity was transmitted to St.4
Reid Newfoundland Company informs the Government that it will no
longer operate the countrys railway. The company later agrees to
continue operations following a massive infusion of public funds.5
Reid Newfoundland Company received notification that the slate quarry
trespassed upon land belonging to Fred Carter of Summerside and that
$4000 and a prompt withdrawal would be required 6
same gauge as the Reid Newfoundland Company trackage) beginning in
1908 and completing it in 1909. It would later be renamed the Grand
Falls Central Railway.7
series of photographs of the Reid Newfoundland Company fleet of
coastal steamers.8
The Reid Newfoundland Company first established its locomotive and car
shops at Whitburne, several miles out of the capital, St. John's.9