Durbhunga Famine Railway
From Graces Guide
1873-74 Famine broke out in Behar and Tirhoot. The government constructed a short rail line (63 miles) from the Ganges to Durbhunga in Tirhoot. It opened for traffic after only 53 days. The construction of this temporary line was, in the words of Sir Richard Temple, then Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal, "an extraordinary achievement in respect of speed. To carry the line over a country intersected by three considerable streams; to make it strong enough to carry 2,000 tons in a day; to open it within the prescribed time, demanded primarily an indefatigable energy, but also professional skill and administrative ability. All these qualities were displayed by Major F. S. Stanton, R.E., the Engineer-in-Chief."[1]
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Sources of Information
- ↑ Obituary of Frederick Smith Stanton