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==Railway Achievements in India==
<ref>[Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers; Volume 109 Issue 1892, pp. 399-403”]; Retrieved on 20 Apr 2016</ref>
<ref>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/William_St._John_Galwey "Graces Guide - William St. John Galwey”]; Retrieved on 20 Apr 2016</ref>
*1857; '''[[East Indian Railway]] Company''' (EIR) as a Sub-Assistant Engineer. He was to have joined the staff employed on the works of the [[Soane Bridge]], then in charge of Mr. Samuel Power, but the Indian mutiny having broken out, he could not proceed up country, and so remained for the rest of that year in the office of the Chief Engineer, the late George Turnbull, in Calcutta.
*Then posted c.1858; Posted to the EIR Monghyr district, and employed in surveying the site on which he afterwards set out, and commenced the for construction of the EIR [[Jamalpur]] locomotive workshops and offices, station, and dwellings for the European and native staff. This locomotive station has been designated the 'Crewe' of India, from which some idea may be formed of its magnitudefacilities. *1862 (June); Promoted to Resident Engineer in charge of the works of the EIR [[Jamalpur]] locomotive works.*1863; Appointed to take charge of a portion of the survey of the proposed EIR Chord line, which was to shorten the distance between Calcutta and the North West Provinces by about 70 miles. *c.1864; Attached to the office of the then EIR Chief Engineer, Mr. Samuel Power, who was preparing plans for a railway bridge across the River Hooghly and for a terminus in Calcutta, in place of that in Howrah. In connection with this scheme, Galwey accompanied Mr. Power to England early in 1865. The project, although approved, was not carried out.*1865; Whilst in England, however, he was employed under Mr. Power, in preparing plans and estimates for the above mentioned EIR Chord line, 228 miles in length. On these plans and estimates the contract was let to Messrs. Brassey, Wythes and Perry, and the work was commenced in 1866*1865 (Oct); Placed Engineer in charge of the EIR Junction districtDistrict including Kurraballie or Colliery branch, promoted 1867 to District Engineer*1870; Engineer in charge of EIR Burdwan District, which . . . then Assanol engine-changing station facilities construction*1872; '''[[more:Category:State Railways|State Railways]] Department''' Executive Engineer and deployed to :-  *1872; '''[[Punjab Northern State Railway]]'Only page 399 located, mages 400-403 pending investigation'' , between Chenab and Jhelum rivers.*c.1873; '''[[Punjab Northern State Railway]]''' in charge of construction of the '''[[Jhelum Bridge]]''' The railway bridge on the river Jhelum was built in 1873 by the British engineer William St. John Galwey and assisted by the young engineer [[Hugh Lewin Monk]]. The bridge comprised fifty girder-spans of 90 feet, on triple well-foundations 35 feet in depth, with a length of nearly 1mile(1.6km) . *c.1877? 1875; '''[[Empress BridgeIndus Valley State Railway]]''', also known as Engineer in charge of construction of the '''Sutlej [[Empress Bridge]]''' constructed under over the supervision of William St. John Galwey Sutlej river and assisted by the young engineer [[Hugh Lewin Monk]]. The bridge is one of the chief bridges in India, and consists of fourteen girder-spans of 200 feet on triple well-foundations 100 feet in depth.*1876; '''[[Rajputana State Railway]]''' at Agra, Superintendent of Works*1879; Resigned from the '''[[:Category:State Railways|State Railways]] Department'''.
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