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==History==
Based on the "Paper on the (GIPR) Thul Ghaut Railway Incline" delivered to the Bombay Mechancs Institution in December 1891 by the GIPR Chief Engineer [[James John BerkleyBerkeley]] <ref name=Berkley/> page numbers thus #p. *1851, Berkley first inspected the Thal Ghat 'to determine what extent of survey would be required, #p.11 *1852, initial survey to 'obtain a practical line' undertaken, #p.13-14*1853-56, a series of surveys and propsals were put forward, see 'Records' below and final sanction given in 1856. *1856; Jan, the Thal Ghat section was sanctioned by the Indian government, #p.20.*1857 Aug, Contract let to Messrs Wythes and Jackson 'in the meantime we had been staking out the incline' #p.20
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[[Robert Maitland Brereton]]<ref name=Brereton>[https://archive.org/stream/reminisencesofo00brer#page/8/mode/2up Archive.org "Reminiscences of an old English civil engineer, 1858-1908" by Robert Maitland Brereton page 8 and pages 49-52] Retrieved on 1 Jul 2016</ref>   
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