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The first port facility in [[Madras]] was a 1,100 foot(335 mtr) iron pier , perpendicular to the shore, constructed from 1861. The first railway equipment known to have been used was a 6 ton railway crane in 1877. The ‘Madras Port Trust’ was constituted in 1881 to take over the running of the site. This pier was breached during a cyclone in 1881 and reconstructed started in 1885. In 1904 a new north-eastern entrance was constructed after the original eastern entrance was closed <ref name =TN03>“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 TN03 page ....</ref>.
At about this time the [[Pallavaram Quarry Railway|Pallavaram Quarry]], 20 km south west of [[Madras]], was being developed as source of granite for construction and maintenance of the Madras Port. The stone was transported using the [[South Indian Railway]](SIR) metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) mainline <ref name =TN03/>.The granite was also used for the construction of roads in the [[Madras]] area. The granite was carried via the SIR line to Madras Port and onward via the ‘Cochrane’s Canal‘<ref name =TN12>“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 TN12 page ....</ref>, (later renamed the ‘Buckingham Canal’ <ref>[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V09_038.gif “Imperial Gazetteer of India”, v. 9, p. 32.]; Retrieved 29 May 2017</ref>)
*’Export Jetty Tramway’. In 1905 a 2ft/610mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) hand-worked tramway was laid for the movement of export cargo <ref name =TN03/>.
