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'''Brassey & Co''', Railway Contractors <ref>[https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Brassey_and_Co Grace's Guide "Brassey and Co"]; Retrieved 1 Mar 2018</ref> were a subsidiary of ‘Thomas Brassey & Co’ of Canada Works, Birkenhead, England <ref>[https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Thomas_Brassey_and_Co Grace's Guide " Thomas Brassey and Co]; Retrieved 1 Mar 2018</ref> with Thomas Brassey as Chairman <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Brassey Wikipedia "Thomas Brassey"]; Retrieved 1 Mar 2018</ref>
The records show the following partnerships established to undertake different projects in India:-
* 'Brassey, Wythes and Paxman' - Thomas Brassey, Mr Wythes, Sir Joseph Paxman
* 'Brassey, Wythes and Henfry' - Thomas Brassey, Mr Wythes, Mr C.Henfrey
==Railway Projects in India==
'''[[East Bengal Railway]]'''(EBR). In 1858 Mr Brassey, in partnership with Mr Wythes and Sir Joseph Paxman, undertook the construction of the EBR a line of 112 miles(179km) from [[Calcutta]] to [[Kushtia|Kooshtea(Kushtia)]] on the River Ganges. The line opened in stages from [[Calcutta]] in 1862 and completed through to [[Kushtia]] in 1864. The section from Calcutta via Ranaghat, Pradah Junction to Jagati Junction eventually becoming the ‘EBR [[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|Broad Gauge]] Mainline’ and from Jagati Junction the ‘EBR Kushtia Loop’ <ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n51/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 42 (pdf51) ]; Retrieved 1 Mar 2018</ref>
'''[[Delhi Railway]]'''. In c.1864 ‘Brassey & Co,’ in partnership with Mr Wythes and Mr C.Henfrey, under the name 'Messrs. Brassey, Wythes & and Henfry' were contracted by the [[Scinde Railway Company]] to construct the line from [[Amritsar|Amritsar(Umritsir)]] to [[Ghaziabad| Ghaziabad (Ghazeeabad)]], 305 miles(490km). Mr G.P.Bidder was the consulting engineer in England and Mr [[Joseph Harrison]] the chief engineer resident in India. Construction of this ([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|Broad Gauge]]) line commenced early 1865 and line opened in stages from 1868-70.The railway merged to become ‘[[Scinde, Punjaub & Delhi Railway]]’ in 1870. From 1886 become part of the [[North Western Railway]] ‘NWR BG Mainline’ from [[Karachi]] to [[Delhi]] <ref name=BookBrassey>[https://books.google.fr/books?id=x-0aAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA148&lpg=PA148#v=onepage&q&f=false Google Books “Life and Labours of Thomas Brassey” by Arthur Helps; pages 148-149]; Retrieved 1 Jun 2018</ref>.
<br>The Report dated Nov 1868 on the opening of the [[Meerut]] to [[Ambala|Ambala(Umballa)]] section of the '[[Delhi Railway]]' lists the following Contractor’s staff <ref>[https://archive.org/stream/openingmeerutan00compgoog#page/n41/mode/1up/search/scinde+railway0 Archive.org “The opening of the Meerut and Umballa Section of the Delhi Railway” Appendix pages 39, pdf41]; Retrieved 1 Jun 2018</ref>:-
* C Henfrey - Brassey, Wythes & Henfry
