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The '''Mayavaram Mutupet Railway''' opened with a section of  31 miles (50km) in 1890 and completed in 1894.
The '''Mayavaram Mutupet Railway''' opened with a section of  31 miles (50km) in 1890 <ref>[http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=EP18910815.2.75 Evening Post, Volume XLII, Issue 40, 15 August 1891, Page 2 "Railways in India 1890"]; Retrieved 13 Dec 2015</ref>
and completed in 1894.


The line was owned by [[Tanjore District Board]] and worked by the [[South Indian Railway]](SIR)
The line was owned by [[Tanjore District Board]] and worked by the [[South Indian Railway]](SIR)
<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/illustratedguid00ltdgoog#page/n131/mode/2up/search/Mayavaram+Mutupet] Illustrated guide to the South Indian Railway, including the Mayavaram-Mutupet, and Peralam-Karaikkal railways by South Indian Railway Co., Ltd. Published 1900. </ref>
<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/illustratedguid00ltdgoog#page/n131/mode/2up/search/Mayavaram+Mutupet Archive.org "Illustrated guide to the South Indian Railway, including the Mayavaram-Mutupet, and Peralam-Karaikkal railways by South Indian Railway Co., Ltd." Published 1900]; Retrieved 13 Dec 2015</ref>
<ref>[http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=EP18910815.2.75] Evening Post, Volume XLII, Issue 40, 15 August 1891, Page 2 </ref>
 
==Records==
Refer to FIBIS Fact File  #4: “Research sources for Indian Railways, 1845-1947” -  available from the [http://www.fibis.org/store/fibis-books-and-publications/bff-0004-research-sources-for-indian-railways-1845-1947/ Fibis shop]. This Fact File contains invaluable advice on 'Researching ancestors in the UK records of Indian Railways' with particular reference to the [[India Office Records]] (IOR) held at the [[British Library]]
 
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  “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue”  - Search];  Retrieved 26 Jan 2016</ref>
gives the following: -
*'''L/F/8/15/1034/1 and /2''' “The South Indian Railway Company Limited, Agreement as to working the Mayavaram Mutupet Railway; 1897"
 
==Personnel==
[[William Michell]] was deployed from the Railway Branch of the [[Public Works Department]], 1891on loan to the South Indian Railway Company, to take executive charge.
 
==Further Information==
See ''' [[South Indian Railway]] '''
<br>and '''[[South_Indian_Railway_-_Lines_Owned_and_Worked#District_Board_Lines_worked_by_SIR|SIR District Board Lines Worked]]


== References ==
== References ==
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[[Category:Railways]]
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[[Category:State Railways]]
[[Category:District Railway Boards‎]]
[[Category:District Railway Boards‎]]

Latest revision as of 07:41, 14 June 2020

The Mayavaram Mutupet Railway opened with a section of 31 miles (50km) in 1890 [1] and completed in 1894.

The line was owned by Tanjore District Board and worked by the South Indian Railway(SIR) [2]

Records

Refer to FIBIS Fact File #4: “Research sources for Indian Railways, 1845-1947” - available from the Fibis shop. This Fact File contains invaluable advice on 'Researching ancestors in the UK records of Indian Railways' with particular reference to the India Office Records (IOR) held at the British Library

An on-line search of the IOR records relating to this railway [3] gives the following: -

  • L/F/8/15/1034/1 and /2 “The South Indian Railway Company Limited, Agreement as to working the Mayavaram Mutupet Railway; 1897"

Personnel

William Michell was deployed from the Railway Branch of the Public Works Department, 1891on loan to the South Indian Railway Company, to take executive charge.

Further Information

See South Indian Railway
and SIR District Board Lines Worked

References