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Current spelling '''Lillooah'''
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Current spelling '''Liluah''' Lillooah was situated on the [[East Indian Railway]] about 3 miles from [[Howrah]], [[Calcutta]]. It was the site of the workshops of the [[EIR Carriage and Wagon Workshop|EIR Carriage and Wagons Department]] with its department headquarters headquarter offices and there was a railway colony.<ref>[http://www.archive.org/stream/bengalassambehar00playuoft#page/358/mode/2up/ "The East Indian Railway"], page 358 from ''Bengal and Assam, Behar and Orissa: their history, people, commerce and industrial resources'' by Somerset Playne and J W Bond 1917 Archive.org]; Retrieved 4 Jul 2017</ref>
The railway colony - The E.I.R. authorities considered it necessary to provide a small township adjacent to the workshop for the benefit of staff and management. The well designed township consisted of a few spacious bungalows for officers and some staff quarters. Some of the streets in the colony still bear the names of prominent railway men <ref>[http://www.irfca.org/~mrinal/liluah.html IRFCA "Liluah Workshop"]; Retrieved 4 Jul 2017</ref>.
The following roads on the Railway Colony at Lillooah, (now named Liluah on modern maps), have been identified <brref>Jenyns Road[https://www.google.fr/maps/place/Strachey+Rd,+Liluah,+Howrah,+West+Bengal+711204,+India/@22.6228066,88.3435578, Pearce 17z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x39f89d67f3a2eb39:0x4c3d9ecfd217e223!8m2!3d22.6219302!4d88.3457519 “Google Maps Search”]; Retrieved 4 Jul 2017</ref>:- *'''Gardiner Road , ''' = [[Richard Gardiner ]] Lieut-Col R.E. - Agent for EIR 1891-1899*'''Strachey Road''' = [[Richard Strachey]] Lt-Gen Sir - Chairman EIR 1889-1907*'''Pearce Road ''' = [[Robert Webb Pearce]] - Carriage and Strachey Wagon Superintendent for the [[EIR Carriage and Wagon Workshop]] founded at [[Howrah]] in 1855 until his death in 1889; then succeeded by his brother [[Richard Pearce]] until 1898. The transfer of the C&W Workshop to [[Lillooah]] commenced in 1900.*'''Jenyns Road''' (Jennings Road have been in some records) – not identifiedrelating to any prominent railway person.
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