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|route= [[Calcutta]] to [[Port Canning]] (Matla) | |route= [[Calcutta]] to [[Port Canning Rice Mill Tramway|Port Canning]] (Matla) | ||
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The '''Calcutta and South Eastern Railway''' (CSER) was formed in 1859 for "the construction and working of a line from Calcutta to the Port of the Mutlah - length, about 29 miles(45 km). Capital 250,000''l''. Rate of Interest Guaranteed - 5 per cent | The '''Calcutta and South Eastern Railway''' (CSER) was formed in 1859 for "the construction and working of a line from Calcutta to the Port of the Mutlah* - length, about 29 miles(45 km). Capital 250,000''l''. Rate of Interest Guaranteed - 5 per cent" <ref>"Money Market and City Intelligence", ''The Times'', Wednesday, 15 June 1859, #23333, 7a.</ref>. | ||
''*Note this refers to a Port on the Matla River - later known as [[Port Canning]]'' | |||
The line from [[Calcutta]] to [[Port Canning]], constructed in 1862 by the Calcutta and South-Eastern Railway, was the first railway track on the east bank of the Hooghly. It ran from what was then Beliaghata station (presently Sealdah South station) to Canning on the Matla River. | The line from [[Calcutta]] to [[Port Canning]], constructed in 1862 by the 'Calcutta and South-Eastern Railway', was the first railway track on the east bank of the Hooghly. It ran from what was then Beliaghata station (presently Sealdah South station) to [[Port Canning]] on the Matla River <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sealdah_South_lines Wikipedia "Sealdah South Lines" ] Retrieved on 10Oct 2017</ref> | ||
The '''[[Diamond Harbour Line Railway]]''' link was constructed by Calcutta and South-Eastern Railway in 1883. | |||
The '''[[Diamond Harbour Line Railway]]''' link was constructed by the 'Calcutta and South-Eastern Railway' in 1883. | |||
== History == | == History == | ||
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In 1868 the company sold the line to the Indian government (management then being leased to the [[Eastern Bengal Railway]]), and the company was dissolved in March 1870. | In 1868 the company sold the line to the Indian government (management then being leased to the [[Eastern Bengal Railway]]), and the company was dissolved in March 1870. | ||
<ref> [https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/228649/8330.pdf H.M. Government “Statute Law Repeals: Nineteenth Report : Draft Statute Law (Repeals) Bill; April 2012" | <ref> [https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/228649/8330.pdf H.M. Government “Statute Law Repeals: Nineteenth Report : Draft Statute Law (Repeals) Bill; April 2012"; page 121, paragraph 3.26.] Retrieved on 10Oct 2017</ref> | ||
The [[1870-71_Report_on_Railways#Progress_on_State_lines._Paragraphs_5-10.3B_Pages_3-4| “1870-71 Annual Report for Indian Railways for the Calcutta and South Eastern Railway “]] gives:- [[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|‘Broad Gauge (BG)]] Line sanctioned and opened , nil opened 1870/71 and nil to be finished’. The Report also details the [[1870-71_Report_on_Railways#Calcutta_and_South_Eastern_Railway._Paragraph_82.3B_Page_37 |‘progress of the railway and the commercial summery’]] - ''see separate pages for Report details.'' | |||
== Records == | == Records == | ||
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An on-line search of the IOR records relating to this railway | An on-line search of the IOR records relating to this railway | ||
<ref>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 | <ref>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search]; Retrieved 21 Jan 2016</ref> gives 35 references. The most important being:- | ||
*''' L/AG/46/8''' “Records of the Calcutta and South Eastern Railway Company; 1856-1875” | *''' L/AG/46/8''' “Records of the Calcutta and South Eastern Railway Company; 1856-1875” | ||
*''' L/AG/46/4/13''' “Records of the Bengal Central Railway Company, some earlier records relating to appointments made in the UK to the Calcutta and South Eastern Railway; 1856-1866“; this being partially indexed in:- | *''' L/AG/46/4/13''' “Records of the Bengal Central Railway Company, some earlier records relating to appointments made in the UK to the Calcutta and South Eastern Railway; 1856-1866“; this being partially indexed in:- | ||
*'''Z/L/AG/46''' “Index to UK Appointments to Indian Railways; 1849-1925” | *'''Z/L/AG/46''' “Index to UK Appointments to Indian Railways; 1849-1925” | ||
== | ==Personnel== | ||
* | '''Thacker's Directories''' | ||
*[https:// | The following for Calcutta and South Eastern Railway Personnel have been indexed in Grace's Guide - | ||
'''‘Grace’s Guide 1861’''' <ref>[https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/1861_Thackers:_Calcutta_and_South_Eastern_Railway Grace’s Guide 1861 - Calcutta and South Eastern Railway’ ]; Retrieved 4 Jul 2020</ref>. | |||
*'''Directors''' London Office, 25 Old Broad Street | |||
**John Borradaile - Chairman | |||
**John Clark Marshman | |||
**Charles Barber | |||
**James Mitchell | |||
**Henry H. Thomas | |||
**John Alfred Burkinyoung | |||
**C.G.Fagan Lieut.Col - Secretary | |||
*'''Calcutta''' No 3 Fairlie Place | |||
**Frederick Schiller - Agent | |||
**H. H. Ashworth - Accountant | |||
*'''Calcutta''' No 2 Sealdah | |||
**James Longridge - Consulting Engineer, temporarily in charge of the Works | |||
**P. W. Wall - Resident Engineer Calcutta | |||
**Henry Bolden - Resident Engineer Sonapore | |||
**Edward Garrett - Assistant Engineer | |||
**William Shepperd - Surveyor | |||
**St. Leger Hasted - Inspector Sonopore and Mutlah | |||
**William Mabert - Inspector Sonopore and Mutlah | |||
**H. Mabert - Inspector Sonopore and Mutlah | |||
**William Morrison -Accountant | |||
**R M K Roberts – Asst. Accountant | |||
**George Skakle - Storekeeper | |||
**Beauchamp - Storekeeper’s Clerk | |||
*'''‘Grace’s Guide 1872’''' <ref>[https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/1872_Thackers:_Calcutta_and_South_Eastern_Railway Grace’s Guide 1872 - Calcutta and South Eastern Railway’ ]; Retrieved 4 Jul 2020</ref>. | |||
**W. K. Walker - Traffic Superintendent | |||
**R.P. Langley - Inspector of Way | |||
**W. H. Hollis - Engine Foreman | |||
**G Grosser - Engine Driver | |||
**J. Cation - Engine Driver | |||
**Blake, Eviet and Mookerjee – Conductors | |||
==Further Information== | |||
See '''[[Eastern Bengal Railway - Lines owned and worked]]''' | |||
== References == | == References == | ||