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<sup>3</sup> [http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/docserver/fulltext/imotp.1913.17480.pdf] obituary p363
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GIPR Chief Engineer 1849 - 1862: Mr. James James Berkley (surveyor and route designer).
Consultant engineer 1847 - 1867: Mr Arthur Anderson West (surveyor of the Bhore Gate Incline)<sup> (2)</sup>
GIPR Engineers: Messrs. Adamson and Clowser, subsequently replaced by Messrs. West and Tate in Nov 1859.
The GIPR construction contract was relet in November 1859 to Mr. Solomon Tredwell, but he died within fifteen days of landing in India. Mrs. Alice Tredwell assumed the contract and appointed Messrs. Adamson and Clowser to manage the contract for her, in her absence - as Mrs. Tredwell returned to England. This arrangement was to last seven years.
“These gentlemen (Adamson and Clowser) carried on the work with the greatest zeal and ability.” Labour management could limit construction progress, but “by their good and liberal management (Adamson and Clowser) collected and kept on the work a force of 25,000 men during two seasons, and in 1861 of more than 42,000 men.” <sup> (23)</sup>
Incline length: 15 miles, tunnels: 26 (totalling 2.25 miles in length),and 8 viaducts of masonry construction.
<sup>1</sup> "Money Market and City Intelligence", ''The Times'', Wednesday, 15 June 1859, #23333, 7a.
<sup>2</sup> [http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/docserver/fulltext/imotp.1913.17480.pdf] obituary: Arthur Anderson West p363 <sup>3</sup> [http://www.maharashtra.gov.in/pdf/gazeetter_reprint/Thane-I/trade_roads.html#5 Railways] Thana District Gazetteer
