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*[http://archive.org/stream/incidentsandane00sprogoog#page/n6/mode/2up ''Incidents and Anecdotes in the Life of '''Lieut.-General Sprot''' Volume 1''] 1906 Archive.org. The author spent 12 years in India, from 1849, [http://archive.org/stream/incidentsandane00sprogoog#page/n34/mode/2up page 13], with the British Army [[83rd Regiment of Foot]] but much of this time was attached to the Public Works Department, Bombay Presidency.
*[https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/621999-memoir-of-general-sir-william-erskine-baker-k-c-b-royal-engineers-bengal ''Memoir of General Sir '''William Erskine Baker''', K.C.B., Royal Engineers (Bengal)''] 1882. Born 1808, he arrived in India in 1828 and worked on the canals of Upper India where he became involved with fossil discoveries. Papers about these were written in the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. He worked mainly with Canals and latterly the Railways, and in 1855 became the first Secretary of the Public Works Department. He left India in 1857 and in 1858 became Military Secretary at the India Office. FamilySearch Digital Library. You need to sign in to FS to view the book.
:[https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.7104 Archive.org version]
*'''Lieutenant John C Harris''' of the [[Bengal Sappers and Miners|Bengal Engineers]] was involved in flood mitigation work following a major flood at Cuttack in 1855. See [[Cuttack]] for details.
*[http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/genealogy/dibblee/index.htm '''Frederick Lewis Dibblee''']. Railway engineer. Worked in India 1864-1888
* ''Life of '''Lieut.-General the Hon. Sir Andrew Clarke''', Colonel-Commandant of Royal Engineers'' edited by Col. RH Vetch 1905 Archive.org. [https://archive.org/details/lifeoflieutgener00vetc/page/n239 "Member of Council of the Viceroy of India 1875-1880"] page 193-221. He was head of the Indian Public Works Administration.
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924022898211 ''Village, Town, and Jungle life in India''] 
by '''A.C. Newcombe''' 1905 Archive.org He was in India 1874-1902 as a Civil Engineer in the Public Works Department
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