Historedia
Person

Proby Cautley

Events
1
Episodes
2
Years
1851

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Proby Cautley, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. India's first freight train operates at Roorkee

    1851

    Role: built the Solani Aqueduct Railway (new_person_candidate pending reconciliation)

    1. 1851 · RoorkeeFreight Train Operation on Solani Aqueduct Railway

      Proby Cautley's temporary railway line at Roorkee was used to transport construction materials for the Solani Aqueduct, part of the Ganges Canal project.

    2. 22 December 1851 (reported) · RoorkeeJenny Lind Pulls Freight Train at Roorkee

      The steam engine Jenny Lind pulled a freight train between Roorkee and Piran Kaliyar, reported as running on 22 December 1851, one dating of a variously dated event.

Sources

  1. Roorkee Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-25
  2. Indian Railways Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-05