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Brassey & Co, Railway Contractors [1] were a subsidiary of ‘Thomas Brassey & Co’ of Canada Works, Birkenhead, England [2] with Thomas Brassey as Chairman [3]
Railway Projects in India
- East Bengal Railway(EBR). In 1858 Mr Brassey, in partnership with Mr Wythes and Sir Joseph Paxman, undertook the construction of the EBR a line of 112 miles(179km) from Calcutta to Kooshtea(Kushtia) on the River Ganges,
The line opened in stages from Calcutta in 1862 and completed through to Kushtia in 1864. The section from Calcutta via Ranaghat, Pradah Junction to Jagati Junction eventually becoming the 'EBR (Broad Gauge) Mainline' and from Jagati Junction the 'EBR Kushtia Loop' [4]
References
- ↑ Grace's Guide "Brassey and Co"; Retrieved 1 Mar 2018
- ↑ Grace's Guide " Thomas Brassey and Co; Retrieved 1 Mar 2018
- ↑ [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Brassey Wikipedia "Thomas Brassey"]; Retrieved 1 Mar 2018
- ↑ “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 42 (pdf51) ; Retrieved 1 Mar 2018