Ceylon Railway
From Graces Guide
The Ceylon Railway Co. was responsible for the initial surveys and planning of what became the original line of the Ceylon Government Railways
1860 Suspended operations when the Colonial Secretary refused to support Captain Moorsom's plan unless he published his full calculations. The Colony paid off the company rather than incur the heavy outlay which the Board and its engineers insisted upon as essential.
1862 The colony obtained and accepted a tender for the construction of the work upon terms which demonstrated that those offered by Captain Moorsom were in fact correct.[1]
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Sources of Information
- ↑ The Engineer 1863/01/12