Fulton Chain Railway Co. issued to and signed by George A. Harwood - 1918 dated Stock Certificate

Stock issued to and signed by George A. Harwood.

George Alexander Harwood was the chief engineer for the New York City and Hudson River Railroad Company (N.Y.C. & H.R.R.R.) during the construction and electrification of Grand Central Terminal between 1903 and 1913. Born in 1875 in Waltham, Massachusetts, Harwood graduated with an engineering degree from Tufts in 1898 and began working for the railroad in 1900. In 1906, he was placed in charge of electric improvement, and is credited with completing the construction of Grand Central that William J. Wilgus had begun. He was later named vice-president of the N.Y.C. & H.R.R.R., a position he held until his death in 1926 at the age of 52.