William St. John Galwey

William St John Galway (1833-1891)

Railway Achievements in India

• 1857; East Indian Railway Company (EIR) as a Sub-Assistant Engineer. He was to have joined the staff employed on the works of the Soane Bridge, then in charge of Mr. Samuel Power, but the Indian mutiny having broken out, he could not proceed up country, and so remained for the rest of that year in the office of the Chief Engineer, the late George Turnbull, in Calcutta.
• Then posted to the Monghyr district, and employed in surveying the site on which he afterwards set out, and commenced the construction of the EIR Jamalpur locomotive workshops and offices, station, and dwellings for the European and native staff. This locomotive station has been designated the 'Crewe' of India, from which some idea may be formed of its magnitude.
• 1862 (June); Promoted to Resident Engineer in charge of the works of Jamalpur locomotive works.
• 1863; Appointed to take charge of a portion of the survey of the proposed Chord line, which was to shorten the distance between Calcutta and the North West Provinces by about 70 miles.
• Attached to the office of the then EIR Chief Engineer, Mr. Samuel Power, who was preparing plans for a railway bridge across the River Hooghly and for a terminus in Calcutta, in place of that in Howrah. In connection with this scheme, Galwey accompanied Mr. Power to England early in 1865. The project, although approved, was not carried out.
• 1865; Whilst in England, however, he was employed under Mr. Power, in preparing plans and estimates for the above mentioned Chord line, 228 miles in length. On these plans and estimates the contract was let to Messrs. Brassey, Wythes and Perry, and the work was commenced in 1866
• 1865 (Oct); Placed in charge of the Junction district, which . . . [more]

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• 1873; Jhelum Bridge The railway bridge on the river Jhelum was built in 1873 by the British engineer William St. John Galwey and assisted by the young engineer Hugh Lewin Monk.
• c.1877? Empress Bridge, also known as the Sutlej Bridge constructed under the supervision of William St. John Galwey and assisted by the young engineer Hugh Lewin Monk.