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| − | The '''Ehagaon Viaduct''' was opened in c.1861 | + | The '''Ehagaon Viaduct''' was opened in c.1861 <ref name=kerr>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ETIxCLujm30C&pg=PA48&lpg=PA48&dq=dapoorie+viaduct&source=bl&ots=TmnphlA_jq&sig=WbuiwOUh1mE34GdMutzhJRLbqTA&hl=en&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=0ahUKEwjp0fvEtsPNAhWBIcAKHTTRAKUQ6AEIXDAM#v=onepage&q=dapoorie%20viaduct&f=false Google Books “Engines of Change: The Railroads that Made India” by Ian J. Kerr, page 48”]; Retrieved 30 June 2016</ref> as part of the [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]] mainline North-Eastern extension towards Jubblepore. |
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The viaduct was part of the [[Thal Ghat Railway Construction]] project and was the only girder type bridge on this section, all the others being masonry. The viaduct, 750 feet(225m) in length and 182 feet(55m) high, crossed a deep valley approached by tunnels at each end. Three 40 feet(12m) masonry arches carried the line at each end of the viaduct with the remainder spanned by iron girders resting on masonry piers <ref name=kerr/> | The viaduct was part of the [[Thal Ghat Railway Construction]] project and was the only girder type bridge on this section, all the others being masonry. The viaduct, 750 feet(225m) in length and 182 feet(55m) high, crossed a deep valley approached by tunnels at each end. Three 40 feet(12m) masonry arches carried the line at each end of the viaduct with the remainder spanned by iron girders resting on masonry piers <ref name=kerr/> | ||
Latest revision as of 18:12, 30 June 2016
The Ehagaon Viaduct was opened in c.1861 [1] as part of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway mainline North-Eastern extension towards Jubblepore.
The viaduct was part of the Thal Ghat Railway Construction project and was the only girder type bridge on this section, all the others being masonry. The viaduct, 750 feet(225m) in length and 182 feet(55m) high, crossed a deep valley approached by tunnels at each end. Three 40 feet(12m) masonry arches carried the line at each end of the viaduct with the remainder spanned by iron girders resting on masonry piers [1]
The bridge is still in use today see photograph of Ehagaon Viaduct[2].
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Google Books “Engines of Change: The Railroads that Made India” by Ian J. Kerr, page 48”; Retrieved 30 June 2016
- ↑ Flicr photograph of Ehagaon Viaduct; Retrieved 30 June 2016
