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==Railway Achievements== | ==Railway Achievements== | ||
| + | *Engineer-in-Charge of survey of Rohri-Sukkur area to bridge River Indus. His propsal to build a 650 feet (200M) long suspension bridge was not adopted. ''It was not until that the [[Alexander Meadows Rendel]] design was adopted becoming the [[Lansdowne Bridge]] when finally opened in 1889.'' | ||
*Indus Valley State Railway, 1880, Engineer-in-Chief <ref name=name/>. | *Indus Valley State Railway, 1880, Engineer-in-Chief <ref name=name/>. | ||
*[[Sind-Sagar Railway]], Engineer-in-Chief <ref name=name/>. | *[[Sind-Sagar Railway]], Engineer-in-Chief <ref name=name/>. | ||
Revision as of 06:58, 8 June 2016
James Ramsay
Joined the Public Works Department, 1868; Executive Engineer, 1871 [1].
Railway Achievements
- Engineer-in-Charge of survey of Rohri-Sukkur area to bridge River Indus. His propsal to build a 650 feet (200M) long suspension bridge was not adopted. It was not until that the Alexander Meadows Rendel design was adopted becoming the Lansdowne Bridge when finally opened in 1889.
- Indus Valley State Railway, 1880, Engineer-in-Chief [1].
- Sind-Sagar Railway, Engineer-in-Chief [1].
- Mushkaf-Bolan Railway, Engineer-in-Chief [1].
- Promoted to Superintending Engineer, 1890 [1].
- Western Bengal Railway Survey, 1890, Superintending Engineer [2]
- Promoted to Chief Engineer, 1893 [1].
- Retired, 1894 [1].
