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'''Arthur Thomas Cotton''' (1803–1899)
Arthur Thomas Cotton entered the [[Madras_Sappers_and_Miners|Madras Corps of Engineers]] in 1819 as 2nd Lieutenant and attached to the Chief Engineer to Madras and later appointed as an Assistant Engineer to Superintending Engineer of the Tank Department.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Cotton Wikipedia "Arthur Cotton"]; Retrieved on 17 Apr 2016</ref>
Promoted to Captain and finally to General, Sir Arthur Thomas Cotton KCSI was a noteworthy irrigation engineer. There are two very early instances he utilised railways to move materials to constuction sites.
