Lillooah

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Lillooah

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 Wagons Department with its department headquarter offices and there was a railway colony.[1]

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 [2].

The following roads on the Railway Colony at Lillooah, (now named Liluah on modern maps), have been identified [3]:-

External links

References

  1. "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
  2. IRFCA "Liluah Workshop"; Retrieved 4 Jul 2017
  3. “Google Maps Search”; Retrieved 4 Jul 2017