User:PEA-2292/My sandbox: Difference between revisions

From FIBIwiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
← Older edit
PEA-2292 (talk | contribs)
9,628 edits
Total page rewritten with 'References' etc, text added and 'External Links' deleted
PEA-2292 (talk | contribs)
9,628 edits
Blanked the page
Tag: Blanking
 
(904 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
The '''Lansdowne Bridge'''was a railway bridge over the River Indus in upper [[Sind]] which connected the towns of [[Sukkur]] and [[Rohri]].


Between 1872 and 1882 bridge surveys were conducted and different people suggested 5 different bridge proposals. None of them was considered completely feasible at that time. [[Alexander Meadows Rendel]], Consultant Engineer was then called in and he proposed a design consisting of two anchored cantilevers, each 310 feet long, carrying a suspended span of 200 ft in the middle. Interestingly, this design was considered feasible and later came to be known as the Lansdowne Bridge.
<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lansdowne_Bridge_Rohri Wikipedia "Lansdowne Bridge, Rohri"]; Retrieved on  23 Apr 2016</ref>
<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20130122080631/http://pakistaniat.com/2007/12/18/lansdowne-bridge-sukkur/ "All Things Pakistan - Lansdowne Bridge,Sukkur ]; Retrieved on 23 Apr 2016</ref>
[[Image:Lansdowne_bridge.jpg|thumb|300px|The bridge at night (behind Ayub Bridge)]]
==Named after==
[[Image:Lord_Lansdowne.jpg|thumb|200px|Lord Lansdowne]]
It was named after [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Petty-Fitzmaurice,_5th_Marquess_of_Lansdowne Lord Lansdowne], the Viceroy at that time.
==Opening==
It was opened by Lord Reay, Governor of Bombay on 25 March 1889.
==Details==
[[Image:Lansdowne_bridge_drawing.png|thumb|left|500px|The bridge]]
{{#widget:Google PlusOne
|size=small
|count=true
}}
== References ==
<references />
[[Category:Bridges]]
[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Railway Constructions‎]]

Latest revision as of 17:57, 30 December 2020

Retrieved from "https://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=User:PEA-2292/My_sandbox&oldid=85085"