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* [[Lahore & Peshawar Railway]]; 2nd Class Executive Engineer from the [[Public Works Department]] was in 1868 employed on the construction of the [[Lahore & Peshawar Railway]] <ref name=name>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search Ref L/F/8/7/637]; Retrieved 28 May 2016</ref> | |||
*[[Alexandra Bridge]], construction of a major bridge for the [[Punjab Northern State Railway]](PNSR) over the River Chenab. The PNSR was the first attempt under the newly formed [[Railway_Branch_-_PWD|Public Works Department - Railway Branch]] to construct the line from [[Lahore]] to [[Peshawar]], 270 miles(435km).'Henry Lambert' was the author of a significant Report for the 'Institution of Civil Engineers' covering the period of construction 1871-76. <ref>[http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/imotp.1878.22417 "Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers"; Volume 54 Issue 1878, 1878, pp. 71 ]; Retrieved on 8 May 2018</ref>. It is not known the period that Lambert was deployed to this project that was undertaken by the PWD-Railway Branch. | |||
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Latest revision as of 10:02, 9 May 2018
Henry Lambert,
Railway Achievements
- Lahore & Peshawar Railway; 2nd Class Executive Engineer from the Public Works Department was in 1868 employed on the construction of the Lahore & Peshawar Railway [1]
- Alexandra Bridge, construction of a major bridge for the Punjab Northern State Railway(PNSR) over the River Chenab. The PNSR was the first attempt under the newly formed Public Works Department - Railway Branch to construct the line from Lahore to Peshawar, 270 miles(435km).'Henry Lambert' was the author of a significant Report for the 'Institution of Civil Engineers' covering the period of construction 1871-76. [2]. It is not known the period that Lambert was deployed to this project that was undertaken by the PWD-Railway Branch.
References
- ↑ “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search Ref L/F/8/7/637; Retrieved 28 May 2016
- ↑ "Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers"; Volume 54 Issue 1878, 1878, pp. 71 ; Retrieved on 8 May 2018