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'''Cawnpore Tramways'''
[[Cawnpore]], one of India’s smallest cities, is situated on the right bank of the Ganges. The city was comparatively neglected, but had grown as a manufacturing and commercial centre. Also a significant grain market as it was situated on the Ganges and having its good mainline rail connections
==Cawnpore Municipality Conservancy Tramway==
From 1894 refuse from the city was transported to incinerators by means of a steam tramway, It is thought that the conservancy tramway formed the basis of the electric public tramway that started operation in 1905 [[Cawnpore Municipality Conservancy Tramway|''see separate page for further details.'']]
==Cawnpore Tramways and General Electric Works==
In 1904 an application was made by [[Begg, Sutherland and Co |Messrs. Begg, Sutherland and Co]] of Cawpore, with the consent of the Municipal Board of Cawnpore, under the Indian tramway Act, for the construction of an Electric Tramway in Cawnpore <ref name=IndEng>[https://books.google.fr/books?id=AzfnAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA330&lpg=PA330&dq=#v=onepage&q&f=false ‘Indian Engineering,’ Volume 34, page 330, edited by Patrick Doyle ]; Retrieved 24 Mar 2020</ref>.
Cawnpore Electric Tramways (CET) opened a tramway system in [[Cawnpore]] in June 1907. There were 4 miles(7km) of track and 20 single-deck open trams. The single line connected the railway station with Sirsaya Ghat on the banks of the Ganges <ref name =tramz>[http://www.tramz.com/tva/tvx.html Tram Views of Asia "History of Trams in India"];Retrieved 10 Dec 2015</ref>. The power was supplied by steam engines driving 500 volt dynamos. The city’s narrow streets connecting to the cantonment population was considered to be a good source of revenue for the tramway company <ref name=IndEng/>.
Only two major routes were constructed <ref name=IndEng/>.
*Originating on the banks of the Ganges and, via the large cantonment , terminating at the principal tram shed, with a spur heading northwards
*The main route starting at the tram shed and headed south to the main railway station, crossing a canal, to a halt on the Grand Trunk Road
The tramway closed on 16 May 1933 <ref name =tramz/>.
==External Links==
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tram_transport_in_India "Tram Transport In India/Kanpur"] Wikipedia
== References ==
<references />
[[Category:Tramways]]
[[Category:Railways]]
[[Cawnpore]], one of India’s smallest cities, is situated on the right bank of the Ganges. The city was comparatively neglected, but had grown as a manufacturing and commercial centre. Also a significant grain market as it was situated on the Ganges and having its good mainline rail connections
==Cawnpore Municipality Conservancy Tramway==
From 1894 refuse from the city was transported to incinerators by means of a steam tramway, It is thought that the conservancy tramway formed the basis of the electric public tramway that started operation in 1905 [[Cawnpore Municipality Conservancy Tramway|''see separate page for further details.'']]
==Cawnpore Tramways and General Electric Works==
In 1904 an application was made by [[Begg, Sutherland and Co |Messrs. Begg, Sutherland and Co]] of Cawpore, with the consent of the Municipal Board of Cawnpore, under the Indian tramway Act, for the construction of an Electric Tramway in Cawnpore <ref name=IndEng>[https://books.google.fr/books?id=AzfnAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA330&lpg=PA330&dq=#v=onepage&q&f=false ‘Indian Engineering,’ Volume 34, page 330, edited by Patrick Doyle ]; Retrieved 24 Mar 2020</ref>.
Cawnpore Electric Tramways (CET) opened a tramway system in [[Cawnpore]] in June 1907. There were 4 miles(7km) of track and 20 single-deck open trams. The single line connected the railway station with Sirsaya Ghat on the banks of the Ganges <ref name =tramz>[http://www.tramz.com/tva/tvx.html Tram Views of Asia "History of Trams in India"];Retrieved 10 Dec 2015</ref>. The power was supplied by steam engines driving 500 volt dynamos. The city’s narrow streets connecting to the cantonment population was considered to be a good source of revenue for the tramway company <ref name=IndEng/>.
Only two major routes were constructed <ref name=IndEng/>.
*Originating on the banks of the Ganges and, via the large cantonment , terminating at the principal tram shed, with a spur heading northwards
*The main route starting at the tram shed and headed south to the main railway station, crossing a canal, to a halt on the Grand Trunk Road
The tramway closed on 16 May 1933 <ref name =tramz/>.
==External Links==
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tram_transport_in_India "Tram Transport In India/Kanpur"] Wikipedia
== References ==
<references />
[[Category:Tramways]]
[[Category:Railways]]
