Thursday, 4 April 2019

Emerson Barrage Jhang

 Emerson Barrage Jhang



These are photographs of English commemoratives stone, English commemorative metal plate and British times Emerson Barrage located at 18 Harari in District Jhang, Punjab, Pakistan. This Barrage is situated on the confluence of two rivers of Punjab i, e The Jhelum and the Chenab. Emerson Barrage is now renamed as Trimmu Headworks. Commemorative metal plate erected at the time of Inauguration of Emerson Barrage carries very interesting information having the name of Hindu, Muslim, Sikh and Christian officials who performed their services to build Emerson Barrage. This Headworks was opened by His Excellency Sir Henry Duffield Craik Bart K. C. S. I., I. C. S., the then Governor of the Punjab on April the 2nd, 1939.

Commemorative metal plate provides this historical information :

NAMES OF THE ENGINEERS
WHO BUILT
THE EMERSON BARRAGE
AND THE CONNECTED CANALS
CHIEF ENGINEER
MR J.D.H. BEDFORD C.S.R., K.S.E.
SUPERINTENDING ENGINEERS
…IQBAL HUSSAIN KSE
MR. R.F. FRIGHT K.S.E.
MR. JAMES ROY  K.S.E.


HEADWORKS DIVISION
EXECUTIVE ENGINEER
……..KHOSLA…. SE
SUB-DIVISIONAL OFFICERS
…… RAM KHANNA   ISE
MR……LAL HANDA …SE
……RAJ CHOPRA …SE
….SOM NATH KAPUR …SE
MR. A.L. SUKHIJA
MR. AMAR NATH MALHOTRA
MR. MUHAMMAD SAID…
CENTRAL DESIGNS
DIRECTOR
R.S.L. KANWAR SAIN I.S.E.
ASSISTANT DIRECTORS
MR. M. MACINTYRE MBB ISE
…S. RAGHBIR SINGH
ASSISTANT ENGINEERS
MR. MADAN LAL
S. PURAN SINGH SAGGOO



CENTRAL WORKSHOPS


SUPERINTENDANT
MR. W.G. WHEAT LEY  ..SE
ASSISTANT ENGINEER
MR. R.E…. CONNOLEY
ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT
MR. R.T. GARDENER K.S.E.
WORKS MANAGER
MR. S.M. RIEDY


CANALS
EXECUTIVE ENGINEERS


R.B. KHUSHI RAM SUD I.S.E.
L. RADHA KRISHNA GUPTA I.S.E.
MR. R.S. DUNCAN I.S.E.
L. SARDARI LAL MALHOTRA I.S.E.
SB MAHBUB ILAHI K.S.E.
S. GURBACHAN SINGH


SUB-DIVISIONAL OFFICERS


MR. AGIA RAM SETHI
L. KHANDA RAM KALRA
CH. THAKUR DAS
L. RADHA KISHAN KHANNA
L. JAIN BAHADUR JAIN
CH. ALI MUHAMMAD
PT. HARI LAL SALLY
L. GURBAKHSH RAI CHOPRA
PT. KHUSHI RAM ERRY
L. BIR SAIN TALWANI
L. VIDYA RATNA GOROWARA
L. BARKAT RAM LAMBA
L. HARI CHAND KALRA
MR. ALLAH DITTA ASHRAF
CH. MUHAMMAD NAZIR
L. CHANDAR PARKASH MALIK
S. KISHAN SINGH SWANNI
L. JAGDISH RAI TANDON
MR. S.C. KEELAN
L. VESHWESHWAR PRASAD GOYAL
MR. MUHAMMAD ABDUL WAHEED
S. BALWANT SINGH DINA


2ND APRIL 1939 A.D.


Photographs By Mr. Muqaddas Raza Sahib.






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