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Ajmer Municipality Conservancy Tramway
Ajmer Municipality Conservancy Tramway
A tramway of unknown gauge was laid in 1885 for conservancy use and was operational in 1886. The line was 3 miles(5km) long and ran from the city to Talgarth Hill [1].
In 1904-05 the Conservancy Tramway was fully operational ; it was reported that the ‘amount of solid and liquid filth removed by the Conservancy Tramway ... was 86,07,875 gallons’ [2]. It was also proposed that foul water be removed to the Tramway Station by providing iron receptacles of a standard pattern which would be removed daily on Municipal hand-carts [3]
The record shows a very obscure reference to approval being given in 1915 for the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway(BB&CIR) to eract a locomotive for Ajmer Municipality – it is assumed for use on this line[1] .
No further information has been found.
References
- ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 “Industrial Railways and Locomotives of India and South Asia” compiled by Simon Darvill. Published by ‘The Industrial Railway Society’ 2013. ISBN 978 1 901556 82-7. Available at http://irsshop.co.uk/India. Reference: Entry RJ01 page ....
- ↑ “Annual Report of the Ajmer Municipality for the year 1904-05”; pages 88-89 (pdf91-92) ; Retrieved 28 May 2017
- ↑ ibid; Item 63 pages 24-25 (pdf27-28)