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*'''Ewing monorail system'''. This monorail system had been in use with the [[Kundale Valley Light Railway]] from 1902 <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ewing_System Wikipedia "Ewing System"]; Retrieved 15 Aug 2016</ref>, and this was powered by bullocks. The [[Patiala State Monorail Trainways]], a steam powered system followed. ''Unfortunately no records have yet located to indicate other locations where the Ewing system was adopted.''
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The [[Imperial Gazetteer of India]] for 1908 <ref>[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V10_269.gif "Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 10", p. 262 and 263; 1908]; Retrieved 15 Aug 2016</ref> gives the following information:-
<blockquote>'Chingleput District surrounds [[Madras]] ..... The construction by private enterprise of tramways on five roads in the {Chingleput} District, four of which are close to [[Madras]], has recently {pre 1908} been sanctioned. These tramways will be on [[Ewing System Monorail|Ewing's monorail system]], and will be worked by horse and bullock power. One of them, from Poonamallee to the Avadi station on the Madras Railway, has already been opened'.</blockquote> *'''[[Ewing System Monorail]]'''. This monorail system had been in use with the [[Kundale Valley Light Railway]] from 1902 <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ewing_System Wikipedia "Ewing System"]; Retrieved 15 Aug 2016</ref>, and this was powered by bullocks. The [[Patiala State Monorail Trainways]], a steam powered system followed.
*'''Avardi-Poonamallee''', the 'Avardi Poonamallee Main Road' connects Poonamallee, 5 miles(8km) south, these days by bus. ''It is assumed that this Tramway/Monorail had limited life - no further information has been found.''
*'''Four other lines''', ''These have not been identified.''
