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==Railway Achievements== | ==Railway Achievements== | ||
*1871 Feb, joined the [[State Railways]] system, by this time as Executive Engineer | *1871 Feb, joined the [[State Railways]] system, by this time as Executive Engineer | ||
*1871, first posted to Nagpur railway survey ('' | *1871, first posted to Nagpur & Raipur railway survey railway survey (''Nagpur - must be the'' [[Nagpur Chhattisgarh Railway]] ''which opened in 1871; Raipur - '') | ||
*1872-75, [[Wardha Valley Railway]] works | *1872-75, [[Wardha Valley Railway]] construction works | ||
*1877-79, [[Tirhoot State Railway]], Chief Engineer | *1877-79, [[Tirhoot State Railway]], Chief Engineer | ||
*1879-83, [[Punjab Northern State Railway]], construction of the [[ | *1879-83, [[Punjab Northern State Railway]], construction of the [[Rawalpindi]]-[[Peshawar]] section that included the [[Attock Bridge]] over the Indus River. | ||
*1884-85, [[Sind-Sagar Railway]] survey | *1884-85, [[Sind-Sagar Railway]] survey | ||
*1885-86, [[Bolan Pass Railway Construction]] | *1885-86, [[Bolan Pass Railway Construction]] for [[North Western Railway]] (NWR) | ||
*1887, [[ | *1887, Khwaja Amran railway survey ''(This would be part of the [[North Western Railway|NWR]] survey which included the [[Khojak Tunnel]] and the extension of the line to the Afghan border at [[Chaman]])''<ref>[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V21_020.gif "The Imperial Gazetteer of India" v. 21, p. 14.]; Retrieved on 9 Jul 2016</ref>. | ||
*1887-89, [[Khojak Tunnel]] and [[Chaman]] extension | *1887-89, [[Khojak Tunnel]] and [[Chaman]] extension | ||
*1889, [[State Railways]] appointed Chief Consulting Engineer for State Railway | *1889, [[State Railways]] appointed Chief Consulting Engineer for State Railway | ||
Revision as of 15:24, 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
- 1871 Feb, joined the State Railways system, by this time as Executive Engineer
- 1871, first posted to Nagpur & Raipur railway survey railway survey (Nagpur - must be the Nagpur Chhattisgarh Railway which opened in 1871; Raipur - )
- 1872-75, Wardha Valley Railway construction works
- 1877-79, Tirhoot State Railway, Chief Engineer
- 1879-83, Punjab Northern State Railway, construction of the Rawalpindi-Peshawar section that included the Attock Bridge over the Indus River.
- 1884-85, Sind-Sagar Railway survey
- 1885-86, Bolan Pass Railway Construction for North Western Railway (NWR)
- 1887, Khwaja Amran railway survey (This would be part of the NWR survey which included the Khojak Tunnel and the extension of the line to the Afghan border at Chaman)[2].
- 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
- ↑ [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
- ↑ "The Imperial Gazetteer of India" v. 21, p. 14.; Retrieved on 9 Jul 2016
