Rangoon Municipality Conservation Railway
Rangoon Municipality Conservation Railway
The 'Rangoon Municipality Conservation Department' was established in 1895 when a special committee decided that the city rubbish would be carried by rail to a burial ground at Stockade Road [1].
In 1896-97 the Municipality decided to use the Rangoon Town Reclamation Light Railway for the disposal of the town’s rubbish and the line was altered between Stockade Road and Tamwe [2].
The Stockade Road site was filled by 1901 and a new site at Mill Road opened. By 1911 the eastern section of the Town Reclamation Railway was taken over exclusively for carriage of rubbish. Earth for covering the rubbish came from the 'Necropolis Quarry' at Tamwe. By 1914-15 the removal of rubbish by railway ceased and bullock carts were used instead [1]
By 1924 the Municipality changed to motor lorries that delivered the rubbish to Mill Road. Here it was tipped into 2ft/610mm narrow gauge(NG) tipping wagons and pulled by a locomotive to the area for tipping. By 1933-34 they were operating two dumps at Mill Road (31 acres/13 ha) and Ahlone (22 acres/9 ha) wiuth three locomotives. The system was still operating in 1940-41 but unknown after that [1].
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 “Industrial Railways and Locomotives of India and S. 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 YA15 page ....
- ↑ “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 YA17 page ....