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Link railway to [[South Indian Railway]](SIR) main line at [[Salem]] to [[Metur Dam]]; worked by SIR in 1933 | Link railway to [[South Indian Railway]](SIR) main line at [[Salem]] to [[Metur Dam]]; worked by SIR in 1933 | ||
==Records== | |||
Refer to FIBIS Fact File #4: “Research sources for Indian Railways, 1845-1947” - available from the [http://www.fibis.org/store/fibis-books-and-publications/bff-0004-research-sources-for-indian-railways-1845-1947/ Fibis shop]. This Fact File contains invaluable advice on 'Researching ancestors in the UK records of Indian Railways' with particular reference to the [[India Office Records]] (IOR) held at the [[British Library]] | |||
An on-line search of the IOR records relating to this railway <ref>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search]; Retrieved Jan 2016</ref> | |||
gives the following: - | |||
*'''L/F/7/2601''' “ Collection 400/8: South Indian Railway: Contract for working of Shoranur-Nilambur, Salem-Metur Dam and Vriddhachalam-Cuddalore Lines; 1931-33" | |||
*'''L/F/8/20/1774''' “South Indian Railway Company Limited, Contract as to working of Shoranur-Nilambur Line, Salem-Metur-Dam Line and Vriddhachalam-Cuddalore Line; 1933" | |||
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Revision as of 06:29, 27 January 2016
Salem-Metur-Dam Railway
Link railway to South Indian Railway(SIR) main line at Salem to Metur Dam; worked by SIR in 1933
Records
Refer to FIBIS Fact File #4: “Research sources for Indian Railways, 1845-1947” - available from the Fibis shop. This Fact File contains invaluable advice on 'Researching ancestors in the UK records of Indian Railways' with particular reference to the India Office Records (IOR) held at the British Library
An on-line search of the IOR records relating to this railway [1] gives the following: -
- L/F/7/2601 “ Collection 400/8: South Indian Railway: Contract for working of Shoranur-Nilambur, Salem-Metur Dam and Vriddhachalam-Cuddalore Lines; 1931-33"
- L/F/8/20/1774 “South Indian Railway Company Limited, Contract as to working of Shoranur-Nilambur Line, Salem-Metur-Dam Line and Vriddhachalam-Cuddalore Line; 1933"
- ↑ “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search; Retrieved Jan 2016