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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’] | ||
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| + | *[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== | ||
Revision as of 09:37, 7 August 2020
Guilford Lindsey Molesworth (1828-1825)
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].
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
