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*1896, Promoted Executive Engineer <ref name=Ind1905/>.
*1896, Promoted Executive Engineer <ref name=Ind1905/>.
*1901-05, [[Curzon Bridge, Allahabad]] Executive Engineer and Engineer-in-Chief, see 'References' <ref>[https://www.bl.uk/catalogues/indiaofficeselect/PhotoShowDescs.asp?CollID=852 The British Library India Office Records Photograph shelfmark 430/58 "The Curzon Bridge" carries the following description:- ''The Curzon Bridge over the River Ganges at Allahabad. 15 spans of 200 feet. Started 8th November 1902. Opened for Railway Traffic 15th June 1905. Opened for Road Traffic 20th December 1905'. Above this in the top corner is the note: 'With R.R. Gale's compliments'. Print 1 is a portrait of Gale, the Engineer-in-Chief, and his assistants and the remaining photographs provide a chronological record of the bridge's construction from December 1902 to December 1905.'']; Retrieved  16 Jul 2016</ref>
*1901-05, [[Curzon Bridge, Allahabad]] Executive Engineer and Engineer-in-Chief, see 'References' <ref>[https://www.bl.uk/catalogues/indiaofficeselect/PhotoShowDescs.asp?CollID=852 The British Library India Office Records Photograph shelfmark 430/58 "The Curzon Bridge" carries the following description:- ''The Curzon Bridge over the River Ganges at Allahabad. 15 spans of 200 feet. Started 8th November 1902. Opened for Railway Traffic 15th June 1905. Opened for Road Traffic 20th December 1905'. Above this in the top corner is the note: 'With R.R. Gale's compliments'. Print 1 is a portrait of Gale, the Engineer-in-Chief, and his assistants and the remaining photographs provide a chronological record of the bridge's construction from December 1902 to December 1905.'']; Retrieved  16 Jul 2016</ref>
*1905-08, [[Bombay-Sind Connection Railway]] Survey Engineer-in-Chief; and [[Nilgiri Mountain Railway]] Coonoor-Ootacamund extension Engineer-in-Chief <ref name=GG1922/>.  
*1905-08, [[Bombay-Sind Connection Railway Survey]] Engineer-in-Chief; and [[Nilgiri Mountain Railway]] Coonoor-Ootacamund extension Engineer-in-Chief <ref name=GG1922/>.  
*1909-15, Sara Ghat Bridge, Engineer-in-Chief, when completed the bridge was inaugerated as the '[[Hardinge Bridge]]' and formed a vital link in the [[Eastern Bengal Railway|Eastern Bengal State Railway]]. This was a major engineering challenge as fully described in the 'The Engineer' of October 1914 <ref>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/d/d9/Er19141002.pdf The Engineer October 1914, pages 316-318- "Bridge over the Lower Ganges" reproduced by Grace's Guide]; Retrieved  16 Jul 2016</ref>  
*1909-15, Sara Ghat Bridge, Engineer-in-Chief, when completed the bridge was inaugerated as the '[[Hardinge Bridge]]' and formed a vital link in the [[Eastern Bengal Railway|Eastern Bengal State Railway]]. This was a major engineering challenge as fully described in the 'The Engineer' of October 1914 <ref>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/d/d9/Er19141002.pdf The Engineer October 1914, pages 316-318- "Bridge over the Lower Ganges" reproduced by Grace's Guide]; Retrieved  16 Jul 2016</ref>  
*1915-17, [[Railway Board]] Chief Engineer<ref name=GG1922/>
*1915-17, [[Railway Board]] Chief Engineer<ref name=GG1922/>
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*1919-37,  Partner in Rendel, Palmer and Tritton, Consulting Engineers, London.
*1919-37,  Partner in Rendel, Palmer and Tritton, Consulting Engineers, London.
*1937 Retired
*1937 Retired


== References ==
== References ==

Latest revision as of 04:22, 18 July 2016

Robert Richard Gales Sir (1864-1948).

Trained at Royal Indian Engineering College, Cooper’s Hill, Surrey England

Appointed to Public Works Department, 1886, Assistant Engineer [1].

Railway Achievements

References