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The Mysore Iron Works Light Railway at [[Bhadravathi]] was in operation from the early 1920’s, it was a metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) railway <ref>[http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/12705/12/12_chapter%204.pdf Colonialism and modernisation;history and development of southern railway a case study by Saritha, S R, University of Kerala, 6-Nov-2013, Chapter IV, Page 133]; Retrieved 39 Aug 2015</ref><ref>[http://indianrailways.informe.com/forum/mysore-division-news-folder-dt201-30.html IR Southern Zone -Mysore Division News Folder  Wed Oct 05, 2011]; Retrieved 29 Aug 2015</ref>
#Redirect [[Bhadravati Iron and Steel Plant Railway and Tramways]]
No specific information has been found but it would appear that the railway was used for internal operations within the Iron Works and there was a connection at  [[Bhadravathi]]  to the [[Birur-Shimoga Railway]], MG branch line which was worked by the [[Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway]](M&SMR) <ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n96/mode/2up  " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government  Printing,  Calcutta;  page 88]; Retrieved 29 Aug 2015</ref>. Thus the Iron Works would have direct connections to the main cities and ports.
 
==History of  Mysore Iron Works ==
The Iron Works was established to tap the rich iron ore deposits near Kemmanagund,  in the Baba Budangiri hills, and manufacture pig iron and other products.  A preliminary investigation of setting up an iron and steel factory at [[Bhadravathi]] was done in 1915-16. This investigation was done by a New York based firm who explored the possibility of manufacturing pig iron with the use of charcoal fuel.  The years 1918-22 were spent in setting up the factory. To start with, a wood distillation plant for manufacturing charcoal and blast furnace for smelting iron were set up in the factory.  A cast iron pipe plant, open hearth furnace, rolling mills and a cement plant were later added and the name of the factory was changed to ‘The Mysore Iron and Steel Works’ <ref name=Wiki>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visvesvaraya_Iron_and_Steel_Plant  Wikipedia “Visvesvaraya  Iron and Steel Plant”]; Retrieved 29 Aug 2015</ref>
 
In 1939, the [[Shimogar-Talaguppa Railway]] line was laid, using wood from the Malnad forests were transported to this plant, to be used as a fuel in its furnaces Works’ <ref name=Wiki/>
 
==Remark==
Kemmanagundi, in the Baba Budangiri hills, the location of the rich iron ore deposits mentioned above, is very close to Hebbe, the terminus of the  [[Tadasa-Hebbe Tramway]]. It seems most likely that this tramway which opened in 1917 was used to carry iron ore to the Iron Works
 
 
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