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'''Francis Langford O'Callaghan''' Sir
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'''Francis Langford O'Callaghan''' Sir (1839-1909)
  
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Appointed to the [[Public Works Department]], 1862,  Assistant Engineer, Central Provinces; Executive Engineer, 1866 <ref name=name>[https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA575 Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 575 (pdf page 538)] Retrieved on 21 May 2016</ref>.
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Biography from  Institution of Civil Engineers "Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers in Great Britain and Ireland - Furnivall, Willoughby Charles"
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*1862-66, [[Public Works Department]](PWD), appointed Probationary Assistant Engineer and posted to the Northern road and related bridge works <ref name=biog>[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</ref>.
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*1866, Promoted to PWD Executive Engineer <ref name=name>[https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA575 Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 575 (pdf page 538)] Retrieved on 9 Jul 2016</ref>.
  
 
==Railway Achievements==
 
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*1870, Transferred to [[Public Works Department]] Railway Branch, and served as Engineer-in-Chief of various railway surveys <ref name=name/>.
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*Transferred to [[Public Works Department]] Railway Branch, 1870, and served as Engineer-in-Chief of various railway surveys
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*1871 Feb, joined the [[State Railways]] system, by this time as Executive Engineer <ref name=biog/>.
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*Promoted to Superintending Engineer, 1880
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*1871, first posted to Nagpur & Raipur railway survey railway survey <ref name=biog/> (''Nagpur - must be the'' [[Nagpur Chhattisgarh Railway]] ''which opened in 1871; Raipur - survey not identified'')
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*Promoted to Chief Engineer, 1889
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*1872-75, [[Wardha Valley Railway]] construction works <ref name=biog/>.
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*Consulting Engineer to Government of India for State Railways, 1899
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*1877-79, [[Tirhoot State Railway]], Chief Engineer <ref name=biog/>.
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*Secretary to Government of India, Public Works Department, 1894
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*1879-83, [[Punjab Northern State Railway]], construction of the [[Rawalpindi]]-[[Peshawar]] section that included the [[Attock Bridge]] over the Indus River <ref name=biog/>. Promoted to Superintending Engineer, 1880 <ref name=name/>.
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*Retired, 1894
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*1884-85, [[Sind-Sagar Railway]] survey <ref name=biog/>.
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*1885-86, [[Bolan Pass Railway Construction]], Engineer-in-Chief, a strategic line constructed on Government orders
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*1887, [[Khwaja Amran Railway Survey]] for [[North Western Railway|North Western State Railway (NWR)]] <ref name=biog/> This survey 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>.
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*1887-91, [[Khojak Rope Inclines]]
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*1887-89, [[Khojak Tunnel]] and [[Chaman Extension Railway]] <ref name=biog/> for [[North Western Railway|North Western State Railway (NWR)]]
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*1889, Promoted to Chief Engineer <ref name=name/>.
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*1889, [[State Railways]] appointed Chief Consulting Engineer for State Railway <ref name=biog/><ref name=name/>.
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*1892-94, Secretary to the Government of India, Public Works Department <ref name=biog/>.
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*1894, Retired <ref name=biog/> <ref name=name/>.
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*1898, [[Indian Railway Conference Association]], Simla. Delegate as shown on British Library IOR Shelfmark Photo 1082/13(1) <ref>[https://www.bl.uk/catalogues/indiaofficeselect/PhotoEnqFull.asp?PrintID=123270 British Library IOR Shelfmark Photo 1082/13(1) "Photo 1082/13(1) Group portrait of delegates, identified as follows on mount"]; Retrieved 23 Jul 2016</ref>. ''Comment - this is after his recorded retirement in 1894''
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Latest revision as of 19:26, 19 November 2020

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"

  • 1862-66, Public Works Department(PWD), appointed Probationary Assistant Engineer and posted to the Northern road and related bridge works [1].
  • 1866, Promoted to PWD Executive Engineer [2].

Railway Achievements

References

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 Institution of Civil Engineers "Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers in Great Britain and Ireland - O'Callaghan, Francis Langford "; Retrieved on 9 Jul 2016
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 575 (pdf page 538) Retrieved on 9 Jul 2016
  3. ↑ "The Imperial Gazetteer of India" v. 21, p. 14.; Retrieved on 9 Jul 2016
  4. ↑ British Library IOR Shelfmark Photo 1082/13(1) "Photo 1082/13(1) Group portrait of delegates, identified as follows on mount"; Retrieved 23 Jul 2016
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