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Wadhwan-Sayla Tramway
The Wadhwan-Sayla Tramway is mentioned in the photograph in the India Office Records (IOR) stated below.
No further information has been found.
Records
An on-line search of the India Office Records (IOR) records held at the British Library relating to this tramway [1] gives the following: -
- Wilberforce-Bell Collection: Photographs 1914-1926: Photo 1/17(67); “At the opening of the Wadhwan-Sayla Tramway, [?] Jorawarnagar. Photographer: Unknown; 1924”; with the Catalogue comment “Group portrait of garlanded figures standing in front of marquee. Figures identified beneath print are as follows: H.H. the Maharaja of Bhavnagar (minor); the Thakur Sahib of Wadhwan; Mr Bibra; K.S. Kanaksinhji of Sayla; Colonel Burke; Harold and Margaret Wilberforce-Bell. Location = Gujarat; India; Jorawarnagar [?]”
This records hs not been examined and may provide further information.
References
- ↑ “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search; Retrieved 1 Apr 2016