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Sambhar Salt Extraction Tramway
Sambhar lake, Sambhar, 70 km west of Jaipur was leased by the Government of India from 1869 for the production of salt by evapouration. The 'Northern India Salt Revenue Department' operated it with the first output being produced in 1870 [1].
A metre gauge(MG) siding was constructed in 1875 by the Rajputana State Railway(RSR) joining with a 4.5 mile(7.2km) branch to the RSR mainline [2]. The RSR in 1881-82 became the Rajputana-Malwa State Railway(RMSR), worked by the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway(BB&CIR), finally becoming the 'BB&CIR Sambhar Lake Salt Branch Line.
A 'John Fowler' portable tramway was tried on an experimental basis on the salt pans but was unsuccessful and the equipment was sold in 1886-87. Between 1893 and 1896 the Salt Revenue Department hired locomotives and wagons from RMSR for the removal of salt from the salt pans to the depot [1].
In 1915-16 a tramway of unknown gauge but probably 2ft/610mm narrow gauge(NG), was constructed at Nawa (about 30 km from Sambhar on the north side of the lake).
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “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 RJ12 page ....
- ↑ “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 22 (pdf31); Retrieved 10 Mar 2017