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Cochin State Forest Tramway

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In 1926, the special finance committee recommended the abolition of the tramway, but was rejected by the Government in 1928. Another special committee was set up in 1950 under the chairmanship of the Chief Conservator of Forests, which recommended discontinuing of the tramway. In 1953, another
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used to house the tramway workshop and timber yard. The section had two locomotives to pull the trucks and saloons. The locomotives, rolling stock and machinery for the tramway were supplied by
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City, the economic hub, the Cochin State Forest Tramway was abolished on the basis of a special finance committee report. The staff was absorbed in various departments of Government.
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commission was appointed but given the report that tramway should be revived at any cost. Finally in 1963, after serving 56 years and making modern
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Text and photographs by Sanjiv Valsan "The mountain route of the long forgotten Cochin State Forest Tramway is reborn as a jungle trail."
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The idea of a forest tramway was put forward by J.C. Kolhoff, first Conservator of Forests of the city of
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passed the Cochin Forest Tramway Act, which provided for the protection and management of the tramway.
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An extract from the "Environmental History" chapter of Dr. Sebastian Joseph's 2010 thesis,
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and ended at Anapantham, covering a length of 21 miles; the second ran from Kavalai to
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from the forest into town. These goods could then be exported abroad.
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Cochin forests and the British techno-ecological imperialism in India
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The tramway was divided into three sections: the first started from
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sea-route, was constructed by the earnings from the tramway.
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was the brain behind the idea of Cochin State Forest Tramway
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The tramway was an engineering wonder in that period for
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in India. Operating from 1907 to 1963, it served the
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Scientific American," 26 February 1910, p. 184-185.
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