Samuel Nichol

Samuel Nichol

Inducted: 2019
Industry: Merchandise & Shipping

Samuel Nichol was a prominent businessman in the Southland area whose business skills were critical to the establishment of Bluff and Invercargill during the 1800s, through his development of the railway between Invercargill and Bluff and his ventures in whaling, shipping and coal hauling through the Nichol Brothers company. Samuel was unstinting in his promotion of, and fundraising for, the development of the Bluff harbour and the Southland region’s infrastructure, and in doing so, Bluff became a thriving commercial centre.