Guilford Lindsey Molesworth

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Guilford Lindsey Molesworth (1828-1925)

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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

  1. Grace’s Guide ‘Guilford Lindsey Molesworth’; Retrieved 2 Apr 2020
  2. Grace's Guide "Guilford Lindsey Molesworth"; Retrieved 11 Jul 2016
  3. 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
  4. “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
  5. Grace's Guide "Attock Bridge"; Retrieved 11 Jul 2016
  6. Wikipedia "Guilford Lindsey Molesworth"; Retrieved 11 Jul 2016
  7. Grace's Guide "Westwood, Baillie and Co."; Retrieved 11 Jul 2016
  8. ‘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