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*[[William Michell]], 1883-87 held charge as Executive Engineer from time to time of the Jacobabad, Kandahar and Northern divisions.
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<ref>[http://www.panhwar.com/Adobe/Administration%20report%20on%20the%20construction%20of%20the%20railway.pdf Administration report on the construction of the (Indus State) Railway, pdf format]; Retrieved 11 Dec 2015</ref>.
The '''[[Empress Bridge]] over ''', originally known as the '''Sutlej River Bridge ''', near Bahawalpur, Punjab (now in Pakistan). The bridge, which opened in 1878, carried the [[Indus Valley State Railway]] over the Sutlej river between [[Ferozepur]] (Firozpur) (south of [[Lahore]]) and [[Kazur]]. The Engineer-in-Charge of the construction was [[William St. John Galwey]], assisted in 1873 by [[Hugh Lewin Monk]] from the [[Public Works Department]](PWD) Railway Branch of PWD.
The Indus Valley State Railway had reached [[Sukkur]] in 1879 and the steam ferry that transported eight wagons at a time across the Indus between [[Rohri]] and [[Sukkur]] was found to be cumbersome and time-consuming. The opening of the [[Lansdowne Bridge]] in 1889 solved this bottleneck and thus port of [[Karachi]] was connected to the railway network.
*[[William St. John Galwey]], 1873 Engineer-in-charge of the [[Empress Bridge]] construction over the River Sutlej.
*[[Henry Francis Storey]], 1879 as Engineer. 1881 as Engineer-in-Chief and promoted to Superintendent of Way and Works until trasferred in 1886
The 1905 Civil List records the following from the [[Public Works Department]] - [[:Category:State Railways|State Railways]] being deployed to the SIR :– * [[James Arthur Anderson]], Executive Engineer, employed on IVSR dates unspecified but between 18712 and 1890 <ref> [https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA427 Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 427 (pdf page 390 )] Retrieved on 29 May 2016</ref>* [[James Condor]], Traffic Superintenent IVSR, 1878-81 <ref > [https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec= Further Informationfrontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA465 Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 465 (pdf page 428)] Retrieved on 29 May 2016</ref>.See ''* [[Henry Thomas Geoghegan]], Superintending Engineer IVSR, 1877-79 <ref>[https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA501 Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 501 (pdf page 464)] Retrieved on 29 May 2016</ref>.* [[Robert Trefusis Mallet]], Engineer-in-Chief IVSR, 1879-80; and later Engineer-in-Chief of IVSR [[Empress Bridge]], 1885-86 <ref>[https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA560 Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 560 (pdf page 523] Retrieved on 29 May 2016</ref>.* [[William Michell]], Executive Engineer IVSR, 1883-87, where he held charge from time to time of the Jacobabad, Kandahar and Northern divisions <ref>[ http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/William_Michell_(1853-1899) "Grace's Guide - William Michell”]; Retrieved on 29 May 2016</ref>.* [[North Western RailwayJames Ramsay]], Engineer-in-Chief IVSR, 1880 <ref>[https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA595 Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 595 (pdf page 558)]'''Retrieved on 29 May 2016</ref>.
== References ==
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== Further Information==
See '''[[North Western Railway]]''' from 1886 onwars.
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