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'''Mailsi Canal & Islam Headworks Construction Railway'''

The ‘Mailsi Canal’ and the ‘Islam Headworks’ were built by the Punjab Irrigation Department as part  of the  ‘[[Sutlej Valley Project Railways|Sutlej Valley Project]]’  which included headworks and a network of irrigation canals using the water from the River Sutlej. Known later as the ‘Islam Barrage’ it used for irrigation and flood control, the 1650 dam(500 mtr)  dam was  completed in 1927 and supplies two off-taking canals ; the ‘Mailsi Canal’ on its right bank and the ‘Bahawalpur Canal' from its left bank <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_Barrage Wikipedia “Islam Barrage” ]; Retrieved 25 May 2017</ref> 

The records show  that in 1926-27 there was a broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]])
rail line with locomotive  working at this site<ref name =darvill>“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  PP40 page ....</ref>.

''No further information concerning the use of railways for this construction has been found'' 

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