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Portrait of Alexander (Boss) Gibson. – [ca 1890?]. – 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.5 x 12.5 cm. Photographer unknown. Lumberman, railway entrepreneur, and industrialist, Alexander Gibson (1818-1913) moved from Lepreau, Charlotte County, to the Fredericton area in 1862, when he purchased mill and timber properties on the Nashwaak River from Robert Rankin, Francis Ferguson, and Allan Gilmour. Ten years later he had acquired 30,000 acres of crown land on the upper Nashwaak River, along with 93,000 acres of forest land from the New Brunswick and Nova Scotia Land Company and other properties. By this time, he had also helped establish the village of Marysville, where he later constructed a cotton mill, which operated well into the 20th century. Convinced of the economic value of railways, Gibson became a director of the Fredericton Railway Company; a founding member and a financier of the New Brunswick Railway; involved with Jabez Bunting Snowball with the revival of the Northern and Western Railway Company of New Brunswick; and associated with the Fredericton and Saint Mary’s Railway Bridge Company. In 1899, the Alexander Gibson Railway and Manufacturing Company acquired an additional 28,000 acres from the New Brunswick and Nova Scotia Land Company. P37-488-2 Miscellaneous photographs collection, PANB.
Marysville cotton mill, Marysville (now part of Fredericton), N.B. – [ca. 1885]. – 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 17.5 cm. Photographer unknown. Construction began on Boss Gibson’s cotton mill in the spring of 1883. Completed in 1885, the mill functioned into the mid-20th century. P87-12 Audrey Long collection, PANB.
Alexander (Boss) Gibson in his sawmill, Marysville (now part of Fredericton), N.B. – [before 1914]. – 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 12.5 cm. Photographer unknown. Boss Gibson moved from Lepreau, Charlotte County, to the Fredericton area in 1862, when he purchased his first mill and timber properties on the Nashwaak River from Robert Rankin, Francis Ferguson, and Allan Gilmour. P4-2-6 York-Sunbury Historical Society photographs, PANB.
Crew gathered around power wheel, Marysville cotton mill, Marysville (now part of Fredericton), N.B. / by G. A. Burkhardt, Fredericton, N.B. – [ca. 1885]. – 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25 cm. Construction began on Boss Gibson’s cotton mill in the spring of 1883. Completed in 1885, the mill functioned into the mid-20th century. Following extensive renovations, it now serves as offices for the Province of New Brunswick. P61-66 Miscellaneous photographs collection, PANB.
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