Civil Engineers

Amongst other projects, Civil Engineers were contracted to build railways between strategic cities, to aid trade, and military deployments in India.

Related Articles

Public Works Department which includes sections such as "Historical books online"

FIBIS Resources

• Hugh Wilding, "M.I.C.E. in the branches: a family history work in progress" FIBIS Journal No 23 (Spring 2010), pages 28-38. M.I.C.E. stands for Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers. An account of researching a civil engineer in the Public Works Department. For details of how to access this article, see FIBIS Journals
• Index to Biographical Directory of Civil Engineers FIBIS database.Details have been extracted for those who served in India or South Asia between Pre-1830 (Volume 1) & between 1830 and 1890 (Volume 2)

Records

• The ICE Virtual Library (Institution of Civil Engineers) may be searched for an obituary of an ICE member, which often gives details of a person's work history. This India List post suggests trying the Archivist at the ICE.

Projects

Great Indian Peninsula Railway

Historic books Online

Reminiscences of an old English civil engineer, 1858-1908 (1908) by Robert Maitland Brereton. archive.org. Brereton (1833-1911) was one of the chief engineers associated with GIPR Railway construction.