George Turnbull
Civil engineer, Deceased Person
1809 – 1889
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Who was George Turnbull?
George Turnbull was the Chief Engineer responsible for construction from 1851 to 1863 of the first railway line from Calcutta: the 541-mile line to Benares en route to Delhi. He was acclaimed in the Indian Government's Official Gazette of 7 February 1863 paragraph 5 as the "First railway engineer of India".
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- Born
- Sep 2, 1809
Luncarty - Nationality
- Scotland
- Profession
- Education
- University of Edinburgh
- Died
- Feb 26, 1889
Abbots Langley
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on July 23, 2013
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