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Wybrants George Olpherts
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Wybrants George Olpherts
Railway Achievements
- 1861, East Indian Railway (EIR) Assistant Engineer, Jubulpore Line [1]
- 1880, EIR Manager, Engineering Department, Colliery [2]
- 1880-81, EIR Colliery Superintendent [3]
- 1884, Joint inventor (with Charles Henry Denham) of the 'Denham-Olpherts Cast Iron Sleeper and Chair', which has been extensively employed in India [4]
References
- ↑ Graces Guide "1861 Thacker's East Indian Railway Personnel"; Retrieved 10 Jun 2016
- ↑ Graces Guide "East Indian Railway 1880 Employees"; Retrieved 10 Jun 2016
- ↑ Archive.org "History of the East Indian Railway ..." by George Huddlestone Appendix A, pages 279, pdf page 334; Retrieved 7 Jun 2016
- ↑ Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Volume 182 Issue 1910, January 1910 Page 326; Retrieved 10 Jun 2016