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The '''Furruckabad Tramway''', 1854-85, is referred to the [[India Office Records]] (IOR) – see ‘Records’ below.
Approval was given in 1854-55 for the '''Furruckabad Tramroad''' to ‘lay down a tramway on the river sands’ <ref> British Library IOR/E/4/829, Page 1479. 1854-55; “SN 94 Farm to Messrs. Greenway of Cawnpore of the ferry and bridge at [[Furruckabad]] for 6 years at Rs 6,200 per annum They are engaging to lay down a tramway on the river sands”</ref> on the banks of the Ganges at [[Furruckabad]].
 
''It has not been able to determine if this 'tramway on the river sands' was ever constructed or if, at a later date was incorporated into a railway line.''


Furruckabad (later becoming [[Farrukhabad]]) is on the banks of the River Ganges.  
Furruckabad (later becoming [[Farrukhabad]]) is on the banks of the River Ganges.  
   
   
[[Farrukhabad]] is the spelling given in the “Imperial Gazetteer of India,1909” <ref> [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V12_075.gif “Imperial Gazetteer of India, 1909” v. 12, p. 69.]; Retrieved on  ...  Apr 2016</ref>  which states  ‘the Cawnpore-Achnera railway passes through the length of the district’.
[[Farrukhabad]] is the spelling given in the “Imperial Gazetteer of India,1909” <ref> [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V12_075.gif “Imperial Gazetteer of India, 1909” v. 12, p. 69.]; Retrieved on  ...  Apr 2016</ref>   
 
The [[Cawnpore Farukhabad Provincial State Railway]], metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) line from [[Farrukhabad]] to [[Miranserai]] (37 miles/59km) opened 1 February 1881 and [[Miranserai]] to [[Cawnpore]] (49 miles/78km) opened 15 December 1880. It is possible that the route of the tramway was incorporated into this railway. This railway became the [[Cawnpore-Achnera Provincial State Railway]] in 1884.
 
==Records==
The [[India Office Records]] (IOR) records held at the [[British Library]] relating to this tramway give two Catalogue References:-
*Z/E/4/25/G272; “Greenway, Messrs., farm of ferry and bridge at Furruckabad on engagement to lay down tramway”; 1854-1855
Z/E/4/25/F488; “ Furruckabad, Ferry and Bridge farmed to Messrs. Greenway on engagement to lay down Tramway on river sands”; 1854-1855


Both above references refer to the same document
This clearly would have been a dry season temporary track but no further information has been found.
*IOR/E/4/829, p1479 “SN 94 Farm to Messrs. Greenway of Cawnpore of the ferry and bridge at Farruckabad for 6 years at Rs 6,200 per annum They are engaging to lay down a tramway on the river sands.”


==Further  Information==
See page '''[[Tramroads, Riverbed Crossings]]''' 


== References ==
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[[Category: Tramroads, Riverbed Crossings]]

Latest revision as of 05:47, 14 February 2017

Approval was given in 1854-55 for the Furruckabad Tramroad to ‘lay down a tramway on the river sands’ [1] on the banks of the Ganges at Furruckabad.

Furruckabad (later becoming Farrukhabad) is on the banks of the River Ganges.

Farrukhabad is the spelling given in the “Imperial Gazetteer of India,1909” [2]

This clearly would have been a dry season temporary track but no further information has been found.

Further Information

See page Tramroads, Riverbed Crossings

References

  1. ↑ British Library IOR/E/4/829, Page 1479. 1854-55; “SN 94 Farm to Messrs. Greenway of Cawnpore of the ferry and bridge at Furruckabad for 6 years at Rs 6,200 per annum They are engaging to lay down a tramway on the river sands”
  2. ↑ “Imperial Gazetteer of India, 1909” v. 12, p. 69.; Retrieved on ... Apr 2016
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