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-'''Amritsar Municipality Conservancy Tramway'''
-[[Amritsar]] Municipality from October 1882 constructed a [[John Fowler & Company Ltd| 'John Fowler']] portable tramway as a Conservancy Tramway. The 2ft/610mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) tramway consisted of 5 miles(8km) of track with wagons. The line was in service by Dec 1882 with 2 miles(3.2km) being used for conservancy work and the remaing 3 miles(4.8km) in use for transporting earth to fill the city ditch. The concervancy line was horse worked to draw five wagons and the city ditch line was hand worked <ref name =darvill>“Industrial Railways and Locomotives of India and South Asia” compiled by Simon Darvill. Published by ‘The Industrial Railway Society’ 2013. ISBN 978 1 901556 82-7. Available at  http://irsshop.co.uk/India. Reference:  Entry  PB01 page ....</ref>.
-Later the records show that [[John Fowler & Company Ltd| 'John Fowler']] supplied 40 wagons and in 1915 three locomotives. The use of these is unkown <ref name =darvill/>
-== References ==
-<references />
-[[Category:Railways]]
-[[Category:Tramways]]
-[[Category:Industrial Railways]]

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