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*[https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Guilford_Lindsey_Molesworth Grace’s Guide ‘Guilford Lindsey Molesworth’] | *[https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Guilford_Lindsey_Molesworth Grace’s Guide ‘Guilford Lindsey Molesworth’] | ||
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guilford_Lindsey_Molesworth Wikipedia ‘Guilford Lindsey Molesworth’] | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guilford_Lindsey_Molesworth Wikipedia ‘Guilford Lindsey Molesworth’] | ||
| + | *[https://ia801604.us.archive.org/26/items/in.ernet.dli.2015.30977/2015.30977.Life-Of-Sir-Guilford-L-Molesworth.pdf ‘Life of Sir Guilford L Molesworth KCIE ‘, biography by Guilford L Molesworth , London 1922; reproduced by ‘The Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture Library, presented by Dr Baridbaran Mukerji . Note Index on pages 209-214, pdf 229-234] | ||
==Railway Achievements in India and Ceylon== | ==Railway Achievements in India and Ceylon== | ||
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*1880 , 6-13 Jan ‘[[Railway Conference]]’, Calcutta. Delegate as Consulting Engineer to Govt. of India <ref> “Railways in India for the year 1880-81” by Juland Danvers , Government Director of the Indian Railways’- presented to both Houses of Parliament’ by HM Command. Extract from Annual Report 1880-81; Appendix D, page xxxiv, pdf 318 </ref>. | *1880 , 6-13 Jan ‘[[Railway Conference]]’, Calcutta. Delegate as Consulting Engineer to Govt. of India <ref> “Railways in India for the year 1880-81” by Juland Danvers , Government Director of the Indian Railways’- presented to both Houses of Parliament’ by HM Command. Extract from Annual Report 1880-81; Appendix D, page xxxiv, pdf 318 </ref>. | ||
*1880-83, [[Attock Bridge]] Construction, Consultant Engineer in London <ref>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Attock_Bridge Grace's Guide "Attock Bridge"]; Retrieved 11 Jul 2016</ref>. Consulting Engineer to the Indian State Railways <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guilford_Lindsey_Molesworth Wikipedia "Guilford Lindsey Molesworth"]; Retrieved 11 Jul 2016</ref> and supervised the provision of ironwork supplied by Westwood, Baillie and Co. of London <ref>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Westwood,_Baillie_and_Co Grace's Guide "Westwood, Baillie and Co."]; Retrieved 11 Jul 2016</ref>. | *1880-83, [[Attock Bridge]] Construction, Consultant Engineer in London <ref>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Attock_Bridge Grace's Guide "Attock Bridge"]; Retrieved 11 Jul 2016</ref>. Consulting Engineer to the Indian State Railways <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guilford_Lindsey_Molesworth Wikipedia "Guilford Lindsey Molesworth"]; Retrieved 11 Jul 2016</ref> and supervised the provision of ironwork supplied by Westwood, Baillie and Co. of London <ref>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Westwood,_Baillie_and_Co Grace's Guide "Westwood, Baillie and Co."]; Retrieved 11 Jul 2016</ref>. | ||
| − | + | *1887, [[Khojak Rope Inclines]], Consulting Engineer to Government, the designs and drawings having been first submitted to him for approval <ref name=ICERopeway>[https://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/imotp.1893.20036 ‘Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers’ Volume 112 Issue 1893, pp. 310-320 ‘The Khojak Rope-Inclines’ by W J Weightman ]; Retrieved on 18 Nov 2020</ref>. | |
== References == | == References == | ||
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Latest revision as of 19:31, 19 November 2020
Guilford Lindsey Molesworth (1828-1925)
For full biography see
- Grace’s Guide ‘Guilford Lindsey Molesworth’
- Wikipedia ‘Guilford Lindsey Molesworth’
- ‘Life of Sir Guilford L Molesworth KCIE ‘, biography by Guilford L Molesworth , London 1922; reproduced by ‘The Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture Library, presented by Dr Baridbaran Mukerji . Note Index on pages 209-214, pdf 229-234
Railway Achievements in India and Ceylon
The following extracted from Grace’s Guide 1925 Obituary [1].
- 1854, started practice in London as a consulting engineer
- 1859, left London for Ceylon, to take up all appointment as engineer and locomotive superintendent to the Ceylon Railway Company, then under construction.
- 1862, when the line was taken over by the Government, he was appointed Chief Engineer.
- 1866, became Director General of Railways and Director of Public Works to the Government of Ceylon
- 1871-88, State Railways, Consulting Engineer to the Government of India for State Railways [2].
- 1871-88, during his tenure of office, which extended to 1888, no less than 3,984 miles of railway were sanctioned, and 3,450 miles were opened
- 1879, 10 Feb ‘Railway Conference’, Calcutta. Delegate as Consulting Engineer to Govt. of India [3].
- 1880 , 6-13 Jan ‘Railway Conference’, Calcutta. Delegate as Consulting Engineer to Govt. of India [4].
- 1880-83, Attock Bridge Construction, Consultant Engineer in London [5]. Consulting Engineer to the Indian State Railways [6] and supervised the provision of ironwork supplied by Westwood, Baillie and Co. of London [7].
- 1887, Khojak Rope Inclines, Consulting Engineer to Government, the designs and drawings having been first submitted to him for approval [8].
References
- ↑ Grace’s Guide ‘Guilford Lindsey Molesworth’; Retrieved 2 Apr 2020
- ↑ Grace's Guide "Guilford Lindsey Molesworth"; Retrieved 11 Jul 2016
- ↑ British Library ‘India Office Records L/PARL/2/100 “Railways in India for the year 1878-79” by Juland Danvers , Government Director of the Indian Railways’-– presented to both Houses of Parliament’ by HM Command. Extract from Annual Report 1878-79; Para 23 , page 10
- ↑ “Railways in India for the year 1880-81” by Juland Danvers , Government Director of the Indian Railways’- presented to both Houses of Parliament’ by HM Command. Extract from Annual Report 1880-81; Appendix D, page xxxiv, pdf 318
- ↑ Grace's Guide "Attock Bridge"; Retrieved 11 Jul 2016
- ↑ Wikipedia "Guilford Lindsey Molesworth"; Retrieved 11 Jul 2016
- ↑ Grace's Guide "Westwood, Baillie and Co."; Retrieved 11 Jul 2016
- ↑ ‘Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers’ Volume 112 Issue 1893, pp. 310-320 ‘The Khojak Rope-Inclines’ by W J Weightman ; Retrieved on 18 Nov 2020
