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'''John Brunton''' (1812-1899) <ref>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/John_Brunton Grace's Guide "John Brunton"]; Retrieved 14 Jun 2016</ref>


==Railway Achievements in India==
*1857, Appointed Chief Resident Engineer of [[Scinde Railway]] (Sind Railway) <ref name=Hughes>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=C-pzUWrCU5sC&pg=PA126&lpg=PA126&dq=description+of+the+line+and+works+of+the+Scinde+Railway&source=bl&ots=DTW2uSH2hD&sig=_JCaeiJ6FfK1irALjNQRIr_RF-8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiypcPWoKfNAhUFIMAKHbSaBOYQ6AEIJDAC#v=onepage&q=description%20of%20the%20line%20and%20works%20of%20the%20Scinde%20Railway&f=false Google Books "The Archaeology of an Early Railway System: The Brecon Forest Tramroads" by Stephen Hughes, page 126]; Retrieved 14 Jun 2016</ref>
*1858-62, 'Supervised the construction of the 108 miles(174km) of the [[Scinde Railway]] between [[Karachi]] and [[Kotri]] until its completion in 1862. His detailed "Description of the line and works of the Scinde Railway" <ref>[http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/imotp.1863.23344?src=recsys Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Volume 22,  January 1863, pages 451-"Description of the line and works of the Scinde Railway"  by John Brunton]; Retrieved 14 Jun 2016</ref> itemise the problems of building in the tropics.'
*He also surveyed the line of the [[Indus Valley State Railway]] and then returned to Britain.
*From 1870 Consulting Engineer to Karachi, being the Engineer to the [[Karachi Steam Tramway|Karachi Street Tramways]]
His son [[William Arthur Brunton]] from 1857-70 was an Engineer with the [[Scinde Railway]], the [[Indus Valley State Railway|Indus Valley Railway]] and finally the [[Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway]] <ref name=Hughes/>.
 
== References ==
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[[Category:Railway People|Brunton,John]]
[[Category:People|Brunton,John]]

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