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
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 Google Books "India List and India Office List, 1905" page 635 (pdf page 598) Retrieved on 22 May 2016
- ↑ Google Books "Kipling’s India: Uncollected Sketches 1884–88" by Rudyard Kipling, pages 215-218; Retrieved on 15 Jul 2016
- ↑ " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 107, pdf page 116; Retrieved 15 Jul 2016
- ↑ “India Civil List” 1890, page 40/41