. . Directors and Managers of 0. T. li. 159 Bridge over the Thames, which was widened from 80 feet to 132feet 6 inches, being now wide enough for 10 lines of rails, and is,probably, still, the widest bridge in the world for its length,nearly 1,000 feet. In 1867-8 and part of 69 Mr. Wragge was inpractice in London as a Civil Engineer, during which time,among other employments, he was Engineer of the Waterloo &Whitehall Eailway, and went to Costa Eica to make a survey ofa line of railway from the Atlantic to the Pacific for the Govern-
. . Directors and Managers of 0. T. li. 159 Bridge over the Thames, which was widened from 80 feet to 132feet 6 inches, being now wide enough for 10 lines of rails, and is,probably, still, the widest bridge in the world for its length,nearly 1,000 feet. In 1867-8 and part of 69 Mr. Wragge was inpractice in London as a Civil Engineer, during which time,among other employments, he was Engineer of the Waterloo &Whitehall Eailway, and went to Costa Eica to make a survey ofa line of railway from the Atlantic to the Pacific for the Govern-ment of that country. In September, 1869, he arrived in Canada as Chief Engineerof the Toronto, Grey & Bruce and Toronto & Nipissing Eailways(his friend Sir Charles Eox, together with his son, now SirDouglas Fox, being the Consulting Engineer), and in suchcapacity constructed the line of the former railway from Torontoto Owen Sound, and from Orangeville to Teeswater, a total mile-age of 191 miles, and of the Toronto & Nipissing Eailway, 80miles
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