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Henry Melville Whitney

American industrialist (1839–1923)

  • Fame16.4
  • Momentum0.0
  • Wikipedia4
Source-basedFalling
Lived 1839–1923, aged 84United States
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  • Era
    1839–1923
    Aged 84
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Updated 2026-08-18

Henry Melville Whitney was an American industrialist, the founder of the West End Street Railway Company of Boston, Massachusetts, and later the Dominion Coal Company Ltd. and the Dominion Iron and Steel Company Ltd. of Sydney, Nova Scotia. He was also president of the Metropolitan Steamship Company, long an important transportation link between Boston and New York City.

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