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Gauri Bazar Sugar Factory Railway
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Gauri Bazar Sugar Factory Railway
A Sugar Factory at Gauri Bazar, Deoria District, owned by Cawnpore Sugar Works Ltd opened in 1919-20; Begg Sutherland and Company were the Managing Agents [1].
An agreement had been signed in 1917 betweeen Cawnpore Sugar Works Ltd and Bengal and North-Western Railway(B&NWR) for the working of a siding from the Gauri Bazar station to the sugar factory. In the early 1930's there was a two and a half mile(4km)line from the factory to the Majhana River.
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References
- ↑ “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 UP19 page ....