Furruckabad (Farrukhabad) Tramway
The Furruckabad Tramway, 1854-85, is referred to the India Office Records (IOR) – see ‘Records’ below.
It has not been able to determine if this tramway was ever constructed or if it was incorporated into a railway line.
Farrukhabad is the spelling given in the “Imperial Gazetteer of India,1909” [1] which states ‘the Cawnpore-Achnera railway passes through the length of the district’.
The Cawnpore Farukhabad Provincial State Railway, metre gauge(MG) line from Farrukhabad to Miranserai (37 miles/59km) opened 1 February 1881 and Miranserai to Cawnpore (49 miles/78km) opened 15 December 1880. It is possible that the route of the tramway was incorporated into this railway. This railway became the Cawnpore-Achnera Provincial State Railway in 1884.
Records
An on-line search of the India Office Records (IOR) records held at the British Library relating to this tramway [2] gives the following:-
- Z/E/4/25/G272; “Greenway, Messrs., farm of ferry and bridge at Furruckabad on engagement to lay down tramway”; 1854-1855
- Z/E/4/25/F488; “ Furruckabad, Ferry and Bridge farmed to Messrs. Greenway on engagement to lay down Tramway on river sands”; 1854-1855
References
- ↑ “Imperial Gazetteer of India, 1909” v. 12, p. 69.; Retrieved on ... Apr 2016
- ↑ “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search; Retrieved 6 Apr 2016
