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*Engineer-in-Charge of survey of Rohri-Sukkur area to bridge River Indus. His propsal to build a 650 feet (200M) long suspension bridge was not adopted. ''It was not until that the [[Alexander Meadows Rendel]] design was adopted becoming the [[Lansdowne Bridge]] when finally opened in 1889.'' | *Engineer-in-Charge of survey of Rohri-Sukkur area to bridge River Indus. His propsal to build a 650 feet (200M) long suspension bridge was not adopted. ''It was not until that the [[Alexander Meadows Rendel]] design was adopted becoming the [[Lansdowne Bridge]] when finally opened in 1889.'' | ||
*Indus Valley State Railway, 1880, Engineer-in-Chief <ref name=name/>. | *Indus Valley State Railway, 1880, Engineer-in-Chief <ref name=name/>. | ||
*[[Sind-Sagar Railway]], Engineer-in-Chief <ref name=name/>. | *[[Sind-Sagar Railway]], Engineer-in-Chief <ref name=name/>, which included the construction of the [[Chak-Nizam Bridge]] <ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IcGwCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA216&lpg=PA216&dq=Sind-Sagar+Railway&source=bl&ots=YG60t7pX5D&sig=KmrjM8ls0tWpKlm1ls37RkbFfFE&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjt2syilPLNAhWPSxoKHU8UCjQQ6AEIWzAJ#v=onepage&q=Sind-Sagar%20Railway&f=false Google Books "Kipling’s India: Uncollected Sketches 1884–88" by Rudyard Kipling, pages 215-218]; Retrieved on 15 Jul 2016</ref>. . | ||
*[[Mushkaf-Bolan Railway]], Engineer-in-Chief <ref name=name/>. | *[[Mushkaf-Bolan Railway]], Engineer-in-Chief <ref name=name/>. | ||
*Promoted to Superintending Engineer, 1890 <ref name=name/>. | *Promoted to Superintending Engineer, 1890 <ref name=name/>. | ||
Latest revision as of 14:16, 15 July 2016
James Ramsay
Joined the Public Works Department, 1868; Executive Engineer, 1871 [1].
Railway Achievements
- Engineer-in-Charge of survey of Rohri-Sukkur area to bridge River Indus. His propsal to build a 650 feet (200M) long suspension bridge was not adopted. It was not until that the Alexander Meadows Rendel design was adopted becoming the Lansdowne Bridge when finally opened in 1889.
- Indus Valley State Railway, 1880, Engineer-in-Chief [1].
- Sind-Sagar Railway, Engineer-in-Chief [1], which included the construction of the Chak-Nizam Bridge [2]. .
- Mushkaf-Bolan Railway, Engineer-in-Chief [1].
- Promoted to Superintending Engineer, 1890 [1].
- Western Bengal Railway Survey, 1890, Superintending Engineer [3]
- Promoted to Chief Engineer, 1893 [1].
- Retired, 1894 [1].
References
- ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 595 (pdf page 558) Retrieved on 21 May 2016
- ↑ Google Books "Kipling’s India: Uncollected Sketches 1884–88" by Rudyard Kipling, pages 215-218; Retrieved on 15 Jul 2016
- ↑ "India Civil List" 1890, page 40