AHMADNAGAR TUNNEL SYSTEM

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

BECKER (1927: 531-532 note 1) mentions große Wasserkanäle and Kanalverzweigungen or a branching system of -large water ducts / conduits- in the underground beneath the town of Ahmednagar or Ahmadnagar City (note 1) on the Deccan plateau. IMPERIAL GAZETTEER (1907-1909, 5: 125) confirms that the city is supplied with water by numerous aqueducts leading from sources 2 to 6 miles [3.2 km to 9.65 km] distant …GEOLOGICALLY, no detailed geological survey of the [Ahmadnagar] District exists. From some observations of Mr. Blanford's, published in 1868 in the Records of the Geological Survey of India, it is known that Ahmadnagar consists principally of horizontal beds of basalts belonging to the Deccan trap series (IMPERIAL GAZETTEER 1907-1909, 5: 112). Hence, intertrappean limestone is found in abundance throughout the [Ahmadnagar] District, but also trap [basalt] suitable for building purposes (IMPERIAL GAZETTEER 1907-1909, 5: 118). CULTURAL HISTORY - human use: Exit cave: The Roman Catholi missionary Christophorus BECKER (1927: 531-532 note 1), formerly an Apostolic Prefect of Assam, narrates a tale according to which four German prisoners of war, who had been gaoled in the A-Lager or -detention colony A- at Ahmednagar (note 2), systematically explored underground water ducts till they found a branch leading into the open air. One Saturday-Sunday night in early December 1915, they eventually escaped for three weeks (note 3).BECKER (1927: 531-532 note 1) mentions große Wasserkanäle and Kanalverzweigungen or a branching system of -large water ducts / conduits- in the underground beneath the town of Ahmednagar or Ahmadnagar City (note 1) on the Deccan plateau. IMPERIAL GAZETTEER (1907-1909, 5: 125) confirms that the city is supplied with water by numerous aqueducts leading from sources 2 to 6 miles [3.2 km to 9.65 km] distant …GEOLOGICALLY, no detailed geological survey of the [Ahmadnagar] District exists. From some observations of Mr. Blanford's, published in 1868 in the Records of the Geological Survey of India, it is known that Ahmadnagar consists principally of horizontal beds of basalts belonging to the Deccan trap series (IMPERIAL GAZETTEER 1907-1909, 5: 112). Hence, intertrappean limestone is found in abundance throughout the [Ahmadnagar] District, but also trap [basalt] suitable for building purposes (IMPERIAL GAZETTEER 1907-1909, 5: 118). CULTURAL HISTORY - human use: Exit cave: The Roman CatholiBECKER (1927: 531-532 note 1) mentions große Wasserkanäle and Kanalverzweigungen or a branching system of -large water ducts / conduits- in the underground beneath the town of Ahmednagar or Ahmadnagar City (note 1) on the Deccan plateau. IMPERIAL GAZETTEER (1907-1909, 5: 125) confirms that the city is supplied with water by numerous aqueducts leading from sources 2 to 6 miles [3.2 km to 9.65 km] distant …GEOLOGICALLY, no detailed geological survey of the [Ahmadnagar] District exists. From some observations of Mr. Blanford's, published in 1868 in the Records of the Geological Survey of India, it is known that Ahmadnagar consists principally of horizontal beds of basalts belonging to the Deccan trap series (IMPERIAL GAZETTEER 1907-1909, 5: 112). Hence, intertrappean limestone is found in abundance throughout the [Ahmadnagar] District, but also trap [basalt] suitable for building purposes (IMPERIAL GAZETTEER 1907-1909, 5: 118). CULTURAL HISTORY - human use: Exit cave: The Roman Catholi missionary Christophorus BECKER (1927: 531-532 note 1), formerly an Apostolic Prefect of Assam, narrates a tale according to which four German prisoners of war, who had been gaoled in the A-Lager or -detention colony A- at Ahmednagar (note 2), systematically explored underground water ducts till they found a branch leading into the open air. One Saturday-Sunday night in early December 1915, they eventually escaped for three weeks (note 3).