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Refer An on-line search of the IOR records relating to this railway<ref>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search]; Retrieved 23 Jan 2016</ref>gives the [[Sindfollowing: -*'''L /AG/46/17/14-18''' “ Indus Steam Flotilla; 1858-1870” ( part of IOR/L/AG/46/17 “Records of the Scinde, Punjab and , Delhi Railway]].Company 1855-1886”)
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The '''Indus Flotilla''' (sometimes the '''Indus Steam Flotilla''') was formed in 1856 to provide "the navigation of the [[Indus]], &c, by means of steamvessels [sic], between [[Kotree]] and [[Mooltan]], to be worked in connexion with the railways. Capital - 250,000''l''. Rate of Interest Guaranteed - 5 per cent." 1
== Characteristics ==
The Indus Flotilla provided the essential link between Kotree and Mooltan, and its promoters negotiated the same guaranteed rate of return as the original [[:Category:Guaranteed Railways|guaranteed railways]]. Early on, it merged with the [[Sind Railway]] and the [[Punjab Railway]] to form the [[Sind, Punjab and Delhi Railway]].
== Records ==
Refer to FIBIS Fact File #4: “Research sources for Indian Railways, 1845-1947” - available from the [http://www.fibis.org/store/fibis-books-and-publications/bff-0004-research-sources-for-indian-railways-1845-1947/ Fibis shop]. This Fact File contains invaluable advice on 'Researching ancestors in the UK records of Indian Railways' with particular reference to the [[India Office Records]] (IOR) held at the [[British Library]]
== Further Information==
See [[Sind, Punjab and Delhi Railway]].
== Notes ==
1 "Money Market and City Intelligence", ''The Times'', Wednesday, 15 June 1859, #23333, 7a.
==External Links==
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20130116040814/http://pakistaniat.com/2009/10/02/indus-flotilla-company/ The Indus Flotilla Company] on All Things Pakistan, now an archived website
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