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*1887 [[Lansdowne Bridge]], of the cantilever type, with a 820 feet(248M) span, involved his design of novel and suitable plant for its erection. The whole of the work was successfully carried out by him, and the bridge was opened in 1889. Mr. Robertson’s services were acknowledged in a special Gazette notification, and he was made a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire.
*1889, He was subsequently appointed Engineer-in-Chief of the IVSR, which included the Khojak Junction under construction;
*1889, [[East Indian Railway]] Chief Engineer, on retirement of [[Charles Henry Denham]]<ref>[https://ia801404.us.archive.org/16/items/historyeastindi00huddgoog/historyeastindi00huddgoog.pdf Archive.org "History of the East Indian Railway ..." by George Huddlestone Appendix A, pages 278-279page 277, pdf page 362332]; Retrieved 8 Jun 2016</ref> and at one time acted as Agent. He resigned this position for family reasons in 1897.
*1898, joined Sir [[Alexander Meadows Rendel]], as Consulting Engineers in Westminster, London; and for 14 years, up to the date of his death in 1912, he was an active partner in that firm. He was resposible for the designs of the [[Lansdowne Bridge]]; the [[Jubilee Bridge]] over the Hooghly; and the designs for the steelwork of perhaps the most difficult bridge yet undertaken, at Sara over the Lower Ganges, which when opened in 1915 became the [[Hardinge Bridge]].
