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The '''Gomti River Tramway''', 1857, is mentioned in the [[India Office Records]] (IOR) stated below. It  was a temporary wooden tramway being laid on a portion of the [[Ghazipur]] Road to cross the dry sandy bottom of the River Gomti  during the dry season, where no bridge existed.


Authorisation  was given by the Indian Goverment  in 1857 ‘to lay down a wooden tramway on the portion of the Ghazeepore Road which lies in the bed of the River Grountee’ (see Spelling Note)<ref>British Library IOR/E/4/846, Page 641. 1857; “India Public Works department 19 Aug 1857" 'Side Note (393) Expenditure of Rs3000.0.0 sanctioned from the ferry fund (Benares) for laying down a wooden tramway on the portion of the Ghazeepore Road which lies in the bed of the River Grountee’ </ref>. This refers to the road between [[Benares]] (now called Varanashi) and [[Ghazipur]]( Ghazeepore) ,this road required the crossing of the River Gomti River at Rajwari near the confluence  with the River Ganges . This would be a temporary wooden track used in the dry season. . No further information has been found.
<blockquote>''Note:-
*Different spellings of ‘Ghazeepore Road’  and  ‘Ghazipur road’ . These must refer to the road to [[Ghazipur]]  which is 40 km north-west of [[Benares]] (modern name Varanashi). 
*The ‘River Grountee’ refers to the River Gomti .
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==Further  Information==
See page '''[[Tramroads, Riverbed Crossings]]''' 
==References==
<references />
[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Tramways]]
[[Category: Tramroads, Riverbed Crossings]]

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