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==Quarries and sources of construction materials==
*The [[Dholpur-Bari Light Railway]](DBLR) 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) line had opened in 1908 as the 'Bari-Dholpur Tramway' to carry red sandstone from the Bari Quarry to [[Dholpur]] to connect with the ‘Indian Midland Section’ of the [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]] (GIPR) <ref>[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V11_333.gif "Imperial Gazetteer of India", v. 11, p. 327; 1908]; Retrieved 23 Aug 2016</ref>.
*The [[Mohari-Karauli Barauli Railway]] was constructed by the [[Imperial Delhi Committee]] for the carriage of stone for New Delhi from Karauli (in some records [[Barauli) ]] to Mohari Junction . The 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) line opened in 1917 and was taken over by the [[Princely states|Princely ]][[Dholpur State]] Durbar for the carriage of passengers and goods <ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n233/mode/2up "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 225, pdf233]; Retrieved 9 Feb 2016</ref>. The line was managed, maintained and worked by the Dholpur Durbar in conjunction with [[Dholpur-Bari Light Railway]](DBLR).
*In addition to the Bari Quarry mentioned above, two other quarries at Bansipaharpur and Birja were operational in 1922-23; both these quarries had sidings but the route of the lines has not been determined.
