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'''Lower Ganges Canal Construction Railways/Tramway'''


The Lower Ganges Canal was an irrigation canal built by the [[North-Western Provinces]] [[Public Works Department]] to relieve the Ganges Canal (formerly called the [[Solani River Aquaduct Construction Railway|Upper Ganga Canal]]) that had opened in 1845. The canal ran from the headworks at Narora to [[Cawnpore]], a distance of 103 miles(165km). The initial surveys were carried out from 1869; brick making in 1872 and construction machinery started arriving in 1873. Work on the headworks started in 1874 <ref name =UP18>“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  UP18 page ....</ref>.
'''Tramway'''; a 4 mile(6.4km) tramway was laid from Rajghat on the [[Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway]](O&RR) to Narora for the movement of materials for the work <ref name =UP18/>.
'''Railway'''; It was initially intended to have a metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) system however this was abandoned in April 1873 and broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) was adopted for the branch from the O&RR at Rajghat. BG was used for the canal railway with locomotives based at Narora. In addition to the BG canal headworks system, a MG system was used on the construction of the weir and Ramghat cutting. The work on both systems was completed by 1879 and the locomotives dispossed of <ref name =UP18/>.
== References ==
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[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Tramways]]
[[Category:Industrial Railways]]
[[Category:Narrow Gauge (NG) Railways]]
[[Category:Civil Works]]

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