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'''Captain A T Cotton'''
Captain Arthur Thomas Cotton [[Madras_Sappers_and_Miners|Madras Corps of Engineers]]


==Railway Achievements==
*1836 A T Cotton, then a civil engineer in Madras, advocated the construction of a railroad in India. The '''[[Red Hill Railroad]]''' at Chintadripet was constructed opened 1837 for the conveying of granite to be used as road-building material. It was the first railway in India.
*1845; Engineer-in-charge, Captain of the [[Godavri Dam Construction Railway]]for the construction of the Godavri Dam to transport stone and other materials from Rajahmundry.
<ref>"Reports, correspondence and original papers on various professional subjects connected with the duties of the Corps of Engineers Madras Presidency, Volume 1. The paper was written by Capt J T Smith and entitled Notes of experiments made by Captain A Cotton on Mr Avery's Steam Engine.</ref>
See also
*[https://books.google.fr/books?id=sOILAQAAMAAJ&pg=PP16&lpg=PP16&dq=%22Captain+A+Cotton%22&source=bl&ots=qDJzrzqX2h&sig=iLqgeQerpUCcUFCVbedrfOKyVrI&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjYkYvH4JDLAhVDWhoKHXlxDXgQ6AEIHTAA#v=onepage&q=%22Captain%20A%20Cotton%22&f=false Captain A T Cotton, Captain , Civil Engineers 3rd Division] Google Books
*SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 18TH MAY 1999 page 5473; ADJUTANT GENERAL'S CORPS; STAFF AND PERSONNEL SUPPORT BRANCH; REGULAR ARMY; "Regular Commissions; Captain A COTTON (541320) from Short Service Commission; 1 January 1999 to be Captain retaining present seniority"
== References ==
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[[Category:Railway People|Cotton, A T Captain]]
[[Category:People|Cotton, A T Captain]]

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