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Legends
of Mussorie
Proby Cautley was with the Bengal Engineers. He
was one of the pioneers of Mussoorie. He was a
designer of the water supply system in Mussoorie
shile holding the rank of Captain, he went on
to become superintendent General of canals in
India.
He dreamt of freeing the Gangetic plains of famine
caused by poor monsoon. He engineered the Ganga
canal to plains.The principle canal left the Ganga
at Haridwar and re-entered it once again atKanpur
some 535 miles later. |
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He
surveyed every inch of the canal to determine
the feasibility then submitted the report to
the East India company which approved it some
years later.
Most of the work on the canals was done manually.
The project was a Major undertaking. It is still
said to be the largest irrigation scheme under
taken ever. It brought water to 5000 villages
of that time.
Cautley built the first railway in India to
transport building material for the irrigation
project. The railway was 10 miles long. The
locomotive that was brought all the way from
England blew up just after 2 years of service.
Cautley later received from Queen Victoria Knighthood
for his achievement. He retired to England.
Raj
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