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'''Willoughby Charles Furnivall''' (1837-1901)
'''Francis Langford O'Callaghan''' Sir (1839-1909)
 
Biography from  Institution of Civil Engineers "Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers in Great Britain and Ireland - Furnivall, Willoughby Charles" <ref name=biog>[http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/bdoceigbai.58347.457
Institution of Civil Engineers "Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers in Great Britain and Ireland - O'Callaghan, Francis Langford "]; Retrieved on 9 Jul 2016</ref>.
*1962-70, [[Public Works Department]], appointed Probationary Assistant Engineer and posted to the Northern road and related bridge works


==Railway Achievements==
==Railway Achievements==
Biography from  Institution of Civil Engineers "Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers in Great Britain and Ireland - Furnivall, Willoughby Charles" <ref name=biog>[http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/bdoceigbai.58347.222 Institution of Civil Engineers "Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers in Great Britain and Ireland - Furnivall, Willoughby Charles"]; Retrieved on 7 Jul 2016</ref>.
*1871 Feb, joined the [[State Railways]] system, by this time as Executive Engineer
*c.1860, [[Scinde, Punjaub & Delhi Railway]](SP&DR), District Engineer in charge of construction under [[John Brunton]]
*1871, first posted to Nagpur railway survey (''This must be the'' [[Nagpur Chhattisgarh Railway]] ''which opened in 1871'') and the  & Raipur railway survey (''Not identified'')
*1867, [[Public Works Department]](PWD), Furnivall joined the [[Railway Branch]] of the PWD to construct the [[Rajputana Railway]] following the decision to construct that as a State line. He was sucessively in charge of the Delhi and Agra sections. [[Rajputana - Agra District Railway]]
*1872-75, [[Wardha Valley Railway]] works
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*1877-79, [[Tirhoot State Railway]], Chief Engineer
*1879-83, [[Punjab Northern State Railway]], construction of the [[Rwalpindi]]-[[Peshawar]] section that included the [[Attock Bridge]] over the Indus River.
*1884-85, [[Sind-Sagar Railway]] survey
*1885-86, [[Bolan Pass Railway Construction]]
*1887, [[Khwaja]]-[[Amran]] railway survey
*1887-89, [[Khojak Tunnel]] and [[Chaman]] extension
*1889, [[State Railways]] appointed Chief Consulting Engineer for State Railway
*1892-94, Secretary to the Government of India, Public rDepartment
*1894, Retiired


== References ==
== References ==
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Revision as of 09:10, 9 July 2016

Francis Langford O'Callaghan Sir (1839-1909)

Biography from Institution of Civil Engineers "Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers in Great Britain and Ireland - Furnivall, Willoughby Charles" [1].

  • 1962-70, Public Works Department, appointed Probationary Assistant Engineer and posted to the Northern road and related bridge works

Railway Achievements

References

  1. [http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/bdoceigbai.58347.457 Institution of Civil Engineers "Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers in Great Britain and Ireland - O'Callaghan, Francis Langford "]; Retrieved on 9 Jul 2016