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'''William Michell''' (1853-1899)

==Railway Achievements==
<ref>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Horace_Bell "Grace's Guide - William Michell”]; Retrieved on 3 May 2016</ref>

*[[Royal Indian Engineering College]], Cooper’s Hill, Surrey, England then appointed Assistant Engineer, [[Public Works Department]] Railways Branch
*1876, [[Sindia State Railway]], sub-divisional charge of construction works.
*1879, [[Neemuch Nasirabad State Railway|Neemuch State Railway]], under the direction of [[Horace Bell]], Engineer-in-Chief, where he held charge of the Tharod and Nimbhera subdivisions till their completion for traffic.
*1881, [[Bombay Eastern Deccan Railway]], now the Bijapur Branch of the [[Southern Mahratta Railway]].
*1882, [[Vizagapatam-Raipur Railway]] survey for the Government of Madras.
*1883, [[Indus Valley State Railway]], where he held charge from time to time of the Jacobabad, Kandahar and Northern divisions as Executive Engineer until 1887.
*1889, [[Villapuram-Guntakal State Railway]]
*1891 [[Mayavaram Mutupet Railway]], on loan to the [[South Indian Railway]] Company, to take executive charge.
*1892, [[North Western Railway]], in-charge of the Sukkur Division, then Rawal Pindi Division
*1893 the abnormal floods in his district did a great deal of damage to the line, and he was commended for his work in completing the temporary bridge over the Haro river during the floods in July.
*1896 [[North Western Railway]], Assistant Engineer-in-Chief, which post he held to the time of his death at Lahore, on the 12th January, 1899, from a severe attack of pneumonia.

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[[Category:Railway People|Michell, William]]
[[Category:People|Michell, William]]
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