page_title: Arthur Cotton
section_title: Major Works as an Engineer
hierarchical_section_title: Arthur Cotton / Major Works as an Engineer
caption_attribution_description: English: Oldest Dowlaiswaram Dam constructed by Sir Arthur Cotton on river Godavari to control floods.
context_page_description: General Sir Arthur Thomas Cotton KCSI was a British general and irrigation engineer.
  Cotton devoted his life to the construction of irrigation and navigation canals throughout British India. He helped many people by building the Dowleswaram Barrage, the Prakasam Barrage and the Kurnool Cuddappah Canal. His dream was only partially realised, but he is still honoured in parts of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu for his efforts. The Sir Arthur Cotton Museum has been built in his honour in Rajamahendravaram, Andhra Pradesh. The museum holds approximately one hundred images and 15 machine tools that Cotton used when constructing the barrage in Andhra Pradesh from 1847 to 1852.
  He entered the Madras Engineers in 1819 and fought in the First Burmese War. He was knighted in 1861.
  An evangelist, he was the father of fellow evangelist Elizabeth Hope.
context_section_description: The Godavari Canal System
  The Ganges Canal
  Sir Arthur Cotton Barrage
caption: Oldest Cotton Dam constructed by Sir Arthur Cotton on Godavari river to control floods.
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