Punjab Northern State Railway Explained
The Punjab Northern State Railway, opened in 1876, was a railway line between Lahore and Peshawar.
History
The route of what became the Punjab Northern State Railway, was first surveyed in 1857. Years of political and military debate followed as described under the "Lahore & Peshawar Railway". The Punjab Northern State Railway was created in 1870-71 to construct and operate the railway between Lahore and Peshawar. The first section of the line was opened in 1876 from Lahore to Peshawar and in 1883 [1] the Attock Bridge over the Indus River was completed. Francis Joseph Edward Spring was deployed from the Imperial Civil Service's engineering section in 1873 as consulting engineer for the survey of the PNSR and the construction of various parts of that railway and bridges. He remained attached to the PNSR until 1878. Several major bridges required construction to complete the PNSR line between from Lahore and Peshawar:
Along with several other railways, the Punjab Northern State Railway was merged with the Scinde, Punjab & Delhi Railway in 1886 to form the North Western State Railway.[2]
Personnel
The following from the railway branch of the public works department were deployed to the PNSR:
- Henry Francis Storey: (1868–78), employed on the construction of the Alexandra Bridge over the Chenab river[3]
- Henry Thomas Geoghegan: (1868), executive engineer[4]
- Robert Trefusis Mallet: (1868), executive engineer[5]
- Hugh Lewin Monk: (1870–73), assistant engineer[6]
- Horace Bell
(1874), executive engineer during construction[7]
- Joseph Bonus: (1877–81), superintending engineer and engineer-in-chief for the construction from Rawalpindi-Peshawar section[8]
- James Condor: (1875), executive engineer[9]
- Thomas Gracey Col. R.E.: (1879), engineer-in-chief of the Rawalpindi-Kohat section[10]
- Frederick Lewis Dibblee: (1879–80), PNSR engineer-in-chief (Jhelum division) and later superintending engineer of Rawalpindi section[11]
- Ernest Lindsay Marryat: (1880–86), PNSR manager.[12]
- Richard Arthur Sargeaunt: (1884–87), PNSR office manager.[13]
See also
References
- https://books.google.com/books?id=ETIxCLujm30C&dq=Punjab+Northern+State+Railway&pg=PA84 Google Books "Engines of Change: The Railroads that Made India" by Ian J. Kerr, page 84
- http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search
- http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Henry_Francis_Storey "Grace's Guide - Henry Francis Storey”
- https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA501 Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 501 (pdf page 464)
- https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA560 Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 560 (pdf page 523
- http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/indiaofficeselect/PhotoShowDescs.asp?CollID=2811 British Library - "Photographs Album details for shelfmark Photo 1085/9"
- http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Horace_Bell "Grace's Guide - Horace Bell”
- https://books.google.com/books?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA444= Google Books "India List and India Office List -1905" page 444
- https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA465 Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 465 (pdf page 428)
- https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA506 Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 506 (pdf page 469)
- http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/genealogy/dibblee/fred1.htm Biography "Life of Frederick Lewis Dibblee"
- https://books.google.com/books?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA562= Google Books "India List and India Office List -1905" page 562
- https://books.google.com/books?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA607= Google Books "India List and India Office List -1905" page 607
