The Lucknow Album/The Offices of the Oudh and Rohilcund Railway Company

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The Lucknow Album
by Darogha Ubbas Alli
The Offices of the Oudh and Rohilcund Railway Company
2717569The Lucknow Album — The Offices of the Oudh and Rohilcund Railway CompanyDarogha Ubbas Alli

The most imposing structure in Huzrutgunge is—

THE OFFICES OF THE OUDH AND ROHILKUND RAILWAY COMPANY.

View No. 9.

A short time after the recapture of Lucknow, a detachment of Royal Horse Artillery, located in this building, discovered treasure, to the amount of some three or four lacs of rupees, while driving pegs in the ground to picket their horses but what became of the treasure, is still a mystery. The agent of the Railway Company now holds office here.

The next building, or range, is occupied by Messrs. Murray and Company, merchants, and Madame Lines' millinery establishment.


On the opposite side of the street is the Roman Catholic Chapel, or—