Herbert Septimus Harington
Herbert Septimus Harington
b.20 Apr 1855 Ferozepore, Punjab; d.11 Nov 1913,buried Kanlog Cemetery, Shimla(Simla), Ref. FIBIS Journal No 40, page 29. Autumn 2018 Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag.
Railway Achievements in India
- State Railways; 1887, Assistant Engineer [1].
- Promoted to Executive Engineer; 1885 [1].
- North Western Railway; 1890, Executive Engineer [2]
- Mari-Attock Railway; 1893, Engineer-in-Chief; 1898 Superintending Engineer; 1904 Chief Engineer [1].
- Kalka-Simla Railway and Delhi-Umballa-Kalka Railway, Chief Engineer [3].
- 1906 he attained the rank of Chief Engineer, first class.
- Reporting on light railways in Ceylon [3].
- Kashmir Railway Survey, acting as Engineer-in-Chief[3] . The date is not specified but the railway was opened in 1890 [3].
- 1908 appointed Director of Railway Construction, subsequently Chief Engineer under the Railway Board 1890 [3].
- 1910 retirement
- 1913 died whilst supervising the construction of a light railway system for the State of Patiala [3]. This must refer to the Patiala State Monorail Trainways.