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'''Akra Brick Factory Tramway/Railway'''


A brickworks at Akra, near [[Calcutta]] was in use before 1859-60, initially established by the Government of India and thransferred to the Government of Bengal in 1877. It produced bricks, tiles and soorkee°° for Government projects all over Bengal with 100 lakh bricks per year being producedon average by the mid 1870's <ref name =WB141>“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  WB141  page ....</ref>.
By 1860 a jetty on the Hooghly River was constructed to transport the products from the factory. A 4 ft 0in (1222cm) gauge (''see Gauge Note'') tramway was laid to connect the factory to the jetty. It is thought the tramway was worked by animals <ref name =WB141/>.
During the building of the [[Calcutta Port Commissioners' Railway|Calcutta Port Commissioners' Kidderpore Dock]] in the mid 1880's a 3½ mile(5.6km) long temporaryline was laid for the transportation of bricks from Akra for the new docks. It is thought this was a broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) line using locomotives and wagons on hire from the [[Calcutta Municipal Railway]] <ref name =WB141/>.
In 1889 the brickworks was leased to a private contractor for five years and renewed in 1994. It is if the private contactor took over the 4 ft 0in tramway <ref name =WB141/>.
°°soorkee, is brick pulverized and mixed with lime to form a mortar - Merriam-Webster Indian Definitions <ref>[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soorkee Merriam-Webster Indian Definitions]; Retrieved  10 Oct 2017</ref>.
'''Gauge Note'''
The 4ft 0in (1222cm) Gauge specified is most unusual and we have classfied this as a [[Rail_gauge#Unique rail Gauges|Unique Rail Gauge]].
The only other known examples of this gauge are:-
*[[Nalhati-Azimganj Railway]], the original name for the [[Indian Branch Railway]], from 1863 onwards.
*[[Sone Canal Construction Railway/Tramway]],during construction 1868-74
*[[Karachi Tramway]], from 1885 onwards
== References ==
<references />
[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Tramways]]
[[Category:Industrial Railways]]

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