Nellikuppam Sugar Factory Railway
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Nellikuppam Sugar Factory Railway
The Sugar Factory at Nellikuppam was established by 'Parry & Company' in 1845 with a distillery added in 1848, which makes it India's oldest sugar factory [1].
Nellikuppam is 5km west of Cuddalore in the South Arcot District, Madras and is on the South Indian Railway(SIR) [2].
This section of the metre gauge(MG) SIR mainline opened in 1877 and the Sugar Factory was most certainly connected to the railway, probably from this date. The length of the line into works has not been determined.
No further information has been found.
References
- ↑ “Industrial Railways and Locomotives of India and South Asia” compiled by Simon Darvill. Published by ‘The Industrial Railway Society’ 2013. ISBN 978 1 901556 82-7. Available at http://irsshop.co.uk/India. Reference: Entry TN18 page ....
- ↑ Imperial Gazetteer of India", v. 19, p. 6.; Retrieved 30 May 2017
