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'''Bombay Back Bay Reclamation Scheme Railway'''


==History==
'''1864-1865'''
<br>The 'Bombay Reclamation Company' was set up in 1864 with the intention of reclaiming the area of [[Bombay]] known as 'Back Bay'. Que to the ecomomic depression the company went into liquidation in 1865<ref name =darvillMH33>“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  MH33 page ....</ref>.
'''1866-1870'''
<br>The narrow strip of land that had been reclaimed was obtained by the Government and given to [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]](BB&CIR) to enable them to lay a line from the Churchgate to [[Colaba]]. From 1866 until 1869 [[David Logan]], the former [[Great Southern of India Railway]](GSIR) Chief Engineer <ref name=ice>[http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/imotp.1896.19540 Institute of Civil Engineers "Obituary David Logan"]; Retrieved  13 Mar 2017</ref> was in charge of this project. This broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) BB&CIR 'Mainline' section opened on 18 Jan 1870 <ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n22/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 13 (pdf22)]; Retrieved 13 Mar 2017</ref>. The records show the BG locomotives that were allocated to the project <ref name =darvillMH33/>. 
'''1913-1929'''
<br>The continuation of the reclamation works was raised in 1913, and in 1917 a syndicate of prominent local citizens formed a private company to reclaim 1,145 acres(465ha). It took until 19922 to get agreement from Government; work was also delayed by the decision to relocate the BB&CIR from Colaba to its present location at Bombay (now known as Mumbai Central. The firm of C S Meik & Buchanan carried out the work <ref name =darvillMH35>“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  MH35 page ....</ref>.
before work commenced in 1922

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