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The Great Southern of India Railway (GSIR) was formed in 1858 for "the construction and working of a railway from Negapatam to Trichinopoly, with branches to Salem and Tuticorin - total, about 300 miles. Capital 500,000l. (for the works at present authorized to be proceeded with, - viz., the line from Negapatam to Trichinopoly). Rate of Interest Guaranteed - 5 per cent." [1]
William Smith Betts was the first Agent of the Great Southern of India Railway [2], #p.210 and 214[3]. The Chief Engineer Mark William Carr was appointed in 1858 [4]
History
The construction of the line from Negapatam to Trichinopoly started in April 1859 and was completed by March 1862 to broad gauge(BG) standards and opened to traffic. The headquarters were at Negapatam with the Agent, Chief Engineer, Locomotive Superintendent and Traffic Superintendent and Workshops #p.2 and 3[2]
In 1864 November Frederick Lewis Dibblee, on his arrival in Madras, was engaged as Engineer-in-Charge on the GISR, then District Engineer and later Chief Engineer, a position he continued to hold until August 1868, when he retired and transferred to the Carnatic Railway [5]
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In 1868, the GSIR line reached Erode, connecting to the Madras Railway. In 1872, the GSIR merged with with the Carnatic Railway, built to metre gauge, to form the South Indian Railway.
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 [6] gives 46 references. The most important being:-
- L /AG/46/13 “Records of the Great Southern of India Railway Company; 1859-1874”
Unfortunately, there are no GSIR staff records held in the India Office Records at the British Library.
Notes
(1) "Money Market and City Intelligence", The Times, Wednesday, 15 June 1859, #23333, 7a.
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References
- ↑ "Money Market and City Intelligence", The Times, Wednesday, 15 June 1859, #23333, 7a.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Southern Railway Heritage Centre "Marvels of the South Indian Railway 1859-1951". With page numbers indicated #p.
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedMotSI - ↑ Grace's Guide "Mark William Carr"; Retrieved 18 June 2016
- ↑ Frederick Dibblee, MICE Biography "Frederick Lewis Dibblee"; Retrieved 18 June 2016
- ↑ British Library “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search; Retrieved 22 Jan 2016