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A visit to old Chola power station of GIP Railway at Thakurli
Thakurli lies near Mumbai city of Maharashtra in India and is a part of the Kalyan Dombivali Municipal Corporation. In this small village in 1932, the Great Indian Peninsula Railway (GIPR), Asia's first-ever railway company established its first coal-based power station called the Chola Power Station, for producing the electric power required to run the suburban electric railway. For the staff of this powerhouse, staff quarters were constructed; for workers, 52 "chawls" (rows of dwelling units), and for British officers, 12 bungalows.
As this area was surrounded by bushy and rocky terrain, British officers established fox hunting clubs for their weekend pleasures. Officers' wives established a school for children of staff members; this still-renowned school is now known as Mahila Samiti English High School. It is still run by the Wives of Officers Of the Electrical Department of Central Railway. The village power station is closed down after a series of explosions occurred in its aging boilers.
Thakurli railway station name plate
A view of the station looking at Kalyan junction
North-end of the station looking towards Kalyan junction
A view of the Chola power station
A view of the Chola power station
Another view of the Chola power station
Central Railway Institute and social club at 52-Chawl colony near the power house
A side view of the Central Railway Institute and social club.
Another view of the Central Railway Institute and social club at 52-Chawl colony near the power house
The now-dilapidated ladies social club
A close up of the institute
A close-up of the club from the main gate
An old school
A view of the colony
