. . he has held and theimportant engineering and other works he has been engaged infor about thirty-eight years in England, the Cape of Good Hope,Costa Rica, and the Dominion of Canada. Mr. Wragge was born in Worcestershire, England, in was educated at Rossall. In 1854 he became a pupil ofMessrs. Fox, Henderson & Co., at their works, Smethwick, nearBumingham. In 1859 he was appointed District Engineer onthe Cape Town & Wellington Railway, Cape of Good Hope,and remained in that position until 1862, when he returnedto England.

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. . he has held and theimportant engineering and other works he has been engaged infor about thirty-eight years in England, the Cape of Good Hope,Costa Rica, and the Dominion of Canada. Mr. Wragge was born in Worcestershire, England, in was educated at Rossall. In 1854 he became a pupil ofMessrs. Fox, Henderson & Co., at their works, Smethwick, nearBumingham. In 1859 he was appointed District Engineer onthe Cape Town & Wellington Railway, Cape of Good Hope,and remained in that position until 1862, when he returnedto England. In 1863 he was employed as an Assistant Engi-neer on the London, Chatham & Dover Railway. In 1864 hewas appointed Resident Engineer in charge of the Victoriaand Battersea Improvements, which works were carried outfor the London, Chatham & Dover, London, Brighton & SouthCoast, and London & South Western Railways by Mr. Wragge,under the late Sir Charles Fox, who was Chief works included the widening of the existing Victoria.

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