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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 . | |||
</blockquote> | |||
==Further Information== | |||
See page '''[[Tramroads, Riverbed Crossings]]''' | |||
==References== | |||
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[[Category:Railways]] | |||
[[Category:Tramways]] | |||
[[Category: Tramroads, Riverbed Crossings]] | |||
Revision as of 16:26, 13 February 2017
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)[1]. 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.
Note:-
Further Information
See page Tramroads, Riverbed Crossings
References
- ↑ 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’