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Ernest Ifill Shadbolt
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Ernest Ifill Shadbolt; Director of Railway Construction (retired); b. 1851;
Railway Achievements
- Royal Indian Engineering College, Cooper’s Hill, Surrey England
- 1874; Public Works Department
- Assistant Engineer on construction of Indore, Dhond Manmad, Bhopal State Railways
- 1874-83; services lent to Bhavanagar and Gondal State Railways
- 1887-91; Executive Engineer on construction of Sind-Pishin, Kathiawar, East Coast State Railways
- 1888-93; Engineer-in-Chief, Bezwada-Madras, Madura-Pamban, Tinnevelly-Quilon Railway Surveys
- 1893-95; Engineer-in-chief, Indus Bridge Works, Kotri-Rohri Railway
- 1895-1901; Senior Inspector of Railways, Madras
- 1902-04; Director of Railway Construction, Government of India
- 1904-06; retired from Indian Railways Branch PWD
References
- ↑ “Indian Biographical Dictionary” 1915 page 390; Retrieved on 28 Apr 2016
- ↑ Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 610 (pdf page 573) Retrieved on 12 May 2016