T. T. Vernon Smith

Thomas Timmis Vernon Smith
Work at the Trestle, a sculpture by Ruth Abernethy, depicts entrepreneur and engineer T.T. Vernon Smith. The sculpture was donated to the town of Wolfville, Nova Scotia by Allen Eaves, Vernon Smith's great grandson.
Born	1824
Died	January 15, 1890
Occupation	Civil engineer

Thomas Timmis Vernon Smith (1824–1890)^[1] was a civil engineer who worked on several railways throughout England, Europe and Russia before immigrating to Canada and becoming Chief Engineer on the Windsor and Annapolis Railway project in 1866. The railway opened up accessibility to the Annapolis Valley, and was vital to the establishment of its agricultural industry by enabling the transport of fruit and livestock to global markets. Vernon Smith holds the 1859 patent for the first automated steam-powered foghorn, which known as the Vernon-Smith horn.