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Walsh, Lovatt & Company
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Walsh, Lovatt & Company was a Birmingham UK based general stores and metal merchants who set up a branch in Calcutta in 1875 with Thomas Acquin Martin as manager. In the late 1880's a large contract for building an aquaduct for the Tansa Lake Project 1886-1892 followed by further similar work [1].
Martin & Company was established in 1892 by Thomas Aquin Martin together with Harold Martin, Rajendranath Mookerjee and C W Walsh to continue with similar work which did not appeal to the UK based company[2].
References
- ↑ “Industrial Railways and Locomotives of India and South Asia” compiled by Simon Darvill. Published by ‘The Industrial Railway Society’ 2013. ISBN 978 1 901556 82-7. Available at http://irsshop.co.uk/India. Reference: Entry WB117 page ....
- ↑ “Industrial Railways and Locomotives of India and South Asia” compiled by Simon Darvill. Published by ‘The Industrial Railway Society’ 2013. ISBN 978 1 901556 82-7. Available at http://irsshop.co.uk/India. Reference: Entry WB104 page ....