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==Railway Achievements== | ==Railway Achievements== | ||
*[[:Category:State Railways|State Railways]], | * 1881 [[:Category:State Railways|State Railways]], Assistant Engineer <ref name=name/>. | ||
*Promoted Executive Engineer | * 1888-91 '[[Khojak Rope Inclines]]' responsible for the construction and author of the Report <ref name=ICERopeway>[https://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/imotp.1893.20036 ‘Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers’ Volume 112 Issue 1893, pp. 310-320 ‘The Khojak Rope-Inclines’ by W J Weightman ]; Retrieved on 18 Nov 2020</ref>:- | ||
*Deputy Consulting Engineer, Calcutta | * 1893 Promoted Executive Engineer <ref name=name/>. | ||
*Deputy Consulting Engineer, Bombay | * 1901 Deputy Consulting Engineer, Calcutta <ref name=name/>. | ||
*Junior | * 1902 Deputy Consulting Engineer, Bombay <ref name=name/>. | ||
* 1903 Junior Consulting Engineer for Railways, Dharwar | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
Latest revision as of 19:23, 19 November 2020
Walter James Weightman
Trained at Royal Indian Engineering College, Cooper’s Hill, Surrey England. Appointed to the Public Works Department, 1881, Assistant Engineer [1].
Railway Achievements
- 1881 State Railways, Assistant Engineer [1].
- 1888-91 'Khojak Rope Inclines' responsible for the construction and author of the Report [2]:-
- 1893 Promoted Executive Engineer [1].
- 1901 Deputy Consulting Engineer, Calcutta [1].
- 1902 Deputy Consulting Engineer, Bombay [1].
- 1903 Junior Consulting Engineer for Railways, Dharwar
References
- ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Google Books "India List and India Office List, 1905" page 641 (pdf page 605) Retrieved on 22 May 2016
- ↑ ‘Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers’ Volume 112 Issue 1893, pp. 310-320 ‘The Khojak Rope-Inclines’ by W J Weightman ; Retrieved on 18 Nov 2020