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''*Note this refers to a Port on the Matla River - later known as [[Port Canning]]'' | ''*Note this refers to a Port on the Matla River - later known as [[Port Canning]]'' | ||
The line from [[Calcutta]] to [[Port Canning]], constructed in 1862 by the 'Calcutta and South-Eastern Railway', was the first railway track on the east bank of the Hooghly. It ran from what was then Beliaghata station (presently Sealdah South station) to Canning on the Matla River <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sealdah_South_lines Wikipedia "Sealdah South Lines" ] Retrieved on 10Oct 2017</ref> | The line from [[Calcutta]] to [[Port Canning]], constructed in 1862 by the 'Calcutta and South-Eastern Railway', was the first railway track on the east bank of the Hooghly. It ran from what was then Beliaghata station (presently Sealdah South station) to [[Port Canning]] on the Matla River <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sealdah_South_lines Wikipedia "Sealdah South Lines" ] Retrieved on 10Oct 2017</ref> | ||
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'''Thacker's Directories''' | '''Thacker's Directories''' | ||
The following for Calcutta and South Eastern Railway Personnel have been indexed in Grace's Guide - | The following for Calcutta and South Eastern Railway Personnel have been indexed in Grace's Guide - | ||
*[ | '''‘Grace’s Guide 1861’''' <ref>[https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/1861_Thackers:_Calcutta_and_South_Eastern_Railway Grace’s Guide 1861 - Calcutta and South Eastern Railway’ ]; Retrieved 4 Jul 2020</ref>. | ||
*'''Directors''' London Office, 25 Old Broad Street | |||
**John Borradaile - Chairman | |||
**John Clark Marshman | |||
**Charles Barber | |||
**James Mitchell | |||
**Henry H. Thomas | |||
**John Alfred Burkinyoung | |||
**C.G.Fagan Lieut.Col - Secretary | |||
*'''Calcutta''' No 3 Fairlie Place | |||
**Frederick Schiller - Agent | |||
**H. H. Ashworth - Accountant | |||
*'''Calcutta''' No 2 Sealdah | |||
**James Longridge - Consulting Engineer, temporarily in charge of the Works | |||
**P. W. Wall - Resident Engineer Calcutta | |||
**Henry Bolden - Resident Engineer Sonapore | |||
**Edward Garrett - Assistant Engineer | |||
**William Shepperd - Surveyor | |||
**St. Leger Hasted - Inspector Sonopore and Mutlah | |||
**William Mabert - Inspector Sonopore and Mutlah | |||
**H. Mabert - Inspector Sonopore and Mutlah | |||
**William Morrison -Accountant | |||
**R M K Roberts – Asst. Accountant | |||
**George Skakle - Storekeeper | |||
**Beauchamp - Storekeeper’s Clerk | |||
*'''‘Grace’s Guide 1872’''' <ref>[https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/1872_Thackers:_Calcutta_and_South_Eastern_Railway Grace’s Guide 1872 - Calcutta and South Eastern Railway’ ]; Retrieved 4 Jul 2020</ref>. | |||
**W. K. Walker - Traffic Superintendent | |||
**R.P. Langley - Inspector of Way | |||
**W. H. Hollis - Engine Foreman | |||
**G Grosser - Engine Driver | |||
**J. Cation - Engine Driver | |||
**Blake, Eviet and Mookerjee – Conductors | |||
==Further Information== | ==Further Information== | ||