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→Other users of the Municipal Railway: Link changed to 'Martin & Company'
As well as carrying the city refuse and offal from the Slaughterhouse, the system was also used <ref name =WB65/>:-
*To deliver road-building materials to various Corporation depots around the system, there were on average 15 wagons used for this purpose
*Between 1898 and 1905 the [[Calcutta Storm Water Construction Railway|Calcutta Storm Water Construction]] was undertaken by [[Martin's Light Railways|Martin & Co.Company]] and the system was used for this purpose.
*Various third parties also used the system and Contractors were encouraged to have building materials delivered via the system.
*The [[Calcutta Port Commissioners' Railway| Calcutta Port Commissioners]] used the line before they had a connection to the [[East Bengal Railway]](EBR) at Sealdah
