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Historical books online
**[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924101205643#page/n173/mode/2up Entrance requirements c 1872, Indian Civil Engineering College, Cooper’s Hill, Surrey] page 164
**[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924101205643#page/n175/mode/2up The Engineer Establishment of the Indian Public Works Department], page 166
*''Indian Engineering'' (Archive.org). This Calcutta publication, "An Illustrated Weekly Journal" appears to covers all aspects of engineering- railways, buildings, bridges etc. It also has sections where it mentions people, their jobs, their deaths, promotions etc.
**[http://www.archive.org/stream/indianengineerin01calcuoft#page/n3/mode/2up Volume 1 January-June 1887], [http://www.archive.org/stream/indianengineerin01calcuoft#page/n5/mode/2up General Index],[http://www.archive.org/stream/indianengineerin01calcuoft#page/74/mode/2up Poem-Died On The Line] (page 75); [http://www.archive.org/stream/indianengineerin02calcuoft#page/n3/mode/2up Volume 2 July-December 1887] , [http://www.archive.org/stream/indianengineerin02calcuoft#page/n5/mode/2up General Index]
**[http://www.archive.org/stream/indianengineerin03calcuoft#page/n3/mode/2up Volume 3 January-June 1888], [http://www.archive.org/stream/indianengineerin03calcuoft#page/n5/mode/2up General Index]; [http://www.archive.org/stream/indianengineerin04calcuoft#page/n3/mode/2up Volume 4 July-December 1888] (lacks General Index)
*''Professional papers on Indian engineering''
:[http://books.google.com/books?id=N1POAAAAMAAJ&pg=PP5 Volume 1 1863-64], [http://books.google.com/books?id=g1POAAAAMAAJ&pg=PP5 Volume 2 1865], [http://books.google.com/books?id=wVPOAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR4 Volume 3 1866], [http://books.google.com/books?id=_FPOAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR6 Volume 4 1867], [http://books.google.com/books?id=OVTOAAAAMAAJ&pg=PP5 Volume 5 1868], [http://books.google.com/books?id=a1TOAAAAMAAJ&pg=PP5 Volume 6 1869] Google Books. :Volume 7, 1870 is available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website. Preface computer page 3 Index commences computer page 10 (first page of index missing). [httphttps://dlibooks.sercgoogle.iisccom.ernet.inau/handle/2015/475395 Pdf download, DLIbooks?id=ZHItAQAAMAAJ&pg=PP25 Volume 7 1870] Google Books. :[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/515145 Second Series Volume 1, 1872] Pdf download, Digital Library of India. [http://www.archive.org/stream/professionalpap00regoog#page/n9/mode/1up Second Series Volume 2, 1873]-([https://books.google.com.au/books?id=PaEEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP9 1873 Google Books]), [http://www.archive.org/stream/professionalpap01regoog#page/n9/mode/1up Second Series Volume 5, 1876], [http://www.archive.org/stream/professionalpap00regoog#page/n9/mode/1up Second Series Volume 7, 1878], [http://www.archive.org/stream/professionalpap02brangoog Second Series Volume 8, 1879] Archive.org
:Volume 9, 1880 is available to download as a pdf from [http://panhwar.com/rare_books.htm Rare Books on Sindh] (scroll down)
*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=3VQTAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&lr=#PPP24,M1 India List & India Office List 1905] Your railway ancestor may be here.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/indiaindianengin00medlrich#page/38/mode/2up ''India and Indian Engineering''] by J G Medley 1873 ex Principal of Tomason College, Rorkee. Good description of the life and work of engineers in India. Archive.org
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=buINAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA1 ''Indian Civil Engineering College, Coopers Hill Calendar 1873-74''] Prospectus for 1873 with details of the course, Indian Public Works Department etc. Google Books
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/waysandworksini02macggoog#page/n6/mode/2up ''Ways and works in India being an account of the public works in that country from the earliest times up to the present day''] by G. W. Macgeorge 1894 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/electricityinind00bomb#page/n7/mode/2up ''Electricity in India , being a history of the Tata Hydro- Electric Project with notes on the Mill Industry in Bombay''], edited by SM Rutnagur 1912 Archive.org. Contains a [http://www.archive.org/stream/electricityinind00bomb#page/76/mode/2up List of Engineers]
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