Frederick Robert Upcott

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Frederick Robert Upcott

Joined the Public Works Department, 1868, Assistant Engineer; Executive Engineer, 1874; Superintending Engineer, 1890 [1].

Railway Achievements

  • Chak-Nizam Bridge, c.1883-87, Engineer-in-Charge of the Bridge construction [2] which formed a a vital link in the Sind-Sagar Railway that merged to form the North Western Railway(NWR) and became the NWR 'Sind-Sagar Branch' [3].
  • North Western Railway, 1890, Executive Engineer [4].
  • Bengal-Assam Railway, later named the Assam-Bengal Railway, 1891, Engineer-in-Chief, N.Section [1].
  • Consulting Engineer for Railways and Joint Secretary to Government Railway Branch, Madras, 1893 [1].
  • Promoted Chief Engineer, 1894 [1].
  • Officiating Director-General of Railways and Deputy Secretary to Government of India, 1897 [1].
  • Director of Railway Construction, 1897 [1].
  • Secretary to Government of India, 1898 [1].
  • Retired from Public Works Department, 1901 [1].
  • Government Director of Guaranteed Indian Railway Companies, 1901 [1].
  • Chairman Railway Board, Calcutta, 1905 [1].

References