West African Railways
From Graces Guide
Railways of Sierra Leone, Gold Coast and Nigeria.
1895 A party of 4 surveyors and a works foreman left Liverpool for West Africa in connection with the railway that is to run from Freetown (Sierra Leone)[1]
1899 Frederic Shelford, on departure for West Africa, summarised progress with the Sierra Leone Railway from Freetown, with work at Lagos and the Tarkwa Railway in the Gold Coast colony[2]
1905 On the death of Sir William Shelford, Sir Benjamin Baker was appointed by the Crown Agents to be consulting engineer, in conjunction with Mr. Frederic Shelford, for the West African Railways.
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