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*PWD Civil Lists 1861-1940 ['''IOR: V/13''']
 
==Individuals==
*[http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/genealogy/dibblee/index.htm Frederick Lewis Dibblee]. Railway engineer. Worked in India 1864-1888
*Tom Salkield , was Engineer to the Municipality of Delhi 1905-1922. He was awarded the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaisar-i-Hind Kaiser-i-Hind] decoration for public service in India .He was also in the Punjab Volunteer Rifles for 16 years..There are further details in his [http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/docserver/fulltext/iicep.1960.11747.pdf ICE obituary]
== External links ==
*[http://www.indianetzone.com/36/developments_public_works_british_india.htm Developments in Public Works, British India] from History of India, Indianetzone
*[http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/genealogy/dibblee/index.htm Frederick Lewis Dibblee]. Railway engineer. Worked in India 1864-1888
===Historical books online===
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=WBYAAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA483 "Public Works in the Bengal Presidency"] by Major General George Borlase Tremenheere, of the Bengal Engineers from ''Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers'' (Great Britain) 1858 page 483 (Google Books). He also gave evidence in 1858 to a House Of Commons Select Committe on Colonisation and Settlement in India, see [http://books.google.com/books?id=wrASAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1 ''Parliamentary Papers'' 1858 (Google Books)].
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