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The '''Ganges River Tramway''', 1853-54, is referred to the [[India Office Records]] (IOR) – see ‘Records’ below.
 
  
==Records==
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'''Ganges River Crossing Tramway'''.
An on-line search of the [[India Office Records]] (IOR) records held at the [[British Library]] relating to a tramway <ref>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2  “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue”  - Search];  Retrieved  6 Apr 2016</ref>
 
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*Z/E/4/24/G26; “Ganges River, Tramway to be constructed to facilitate transit on”; 1853-1854
 
  
'' '''This IOR record is a Card Index and appears incorrect - it does not refer to a Tramway''' ''
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In about 1854-55 a proposal was put forward for a tramway to cross the River Ganges.
  
== References ==
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The proposal was submitted by Messrs. Greenway of Cawnpore 'to construct a double tramway to facilitate the transit of the River Ganges'<ref>British Library IOR/E/4/864 p.876 Item no.92 "Proposal by Messer Greenway Bros to construct a double tramway to facilitate the transit of the Ganges referred to the resident in Lucknow."</ref>
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Messrs. Greenway were responsible for similar dry season river crossings of the River Ganges at [[Jajmau near Cawnpore, Ganges River Crossing|Jajmau near Cawnpore]], 1853-54 and [[Furruckabad (Farrukhabad) Tramway|Furruckabad]].
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This clearly would have been a dry season temporary track but no further information has been found.
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==Further  Information==
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See page '''[[Tramroads, Riverbed Crossings]]''' 
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==References==
 
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[[Category:Tramways]]
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[[Category: Tramroads, Riverbed Crossings]]

Latest revision as of 16:13, 3 June 2019

Ganges River Crossing Tramway.

In about 1854-55 a proposal was put forward for a tramway to cross the River Ganges.

The proposal was submitted by Messrs. Greenway of Cawnpore 'to construct a double tramway to facilitate the transit of the River Ganges'[1]

Messrs. Greenway were responsible for similar dry season river crossings of the River Ganges at Jajmau near Cawnpore, 1853-54 and Furruckabad.

This clearly would have been a dry season temporary track but no further information has been found.

Further Information

See page Tramroads, Riverbed Crossings

References

  1. British Library IOR/E/4/864 p.876 Item no.92 "Proposal by Messer Greenway Bros to construct a double tramway to facilitate the transit of the Ganges referred to the resident in Lucknow."