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The '''Chak-Nizam Bridge''' was completed in early 1887 over the river Jhelum in the [[Shahpur]] district about 100 miles north-west of Lahore. It was a vital link in the [[Sind-Sagar Railway]] that | The '''Chak-Nizam Bridge''' was completed in early 1887 over the river Jhelum in the [[Shahpur]] district about 100 miles north-west of Lahore. It was a vital link in the [[Sind-Sagar Railway]] that merged to form the [[North Western Railway]](NWR) and became the NWR 'Sind-Sagar Branch' <ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n116/mode/2up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 107, pdf page 116]; Retrieved 15 Jul 2016</ref>. | ||
The Bridge was also known as the '''Victoria Railway Bridge''' in some early records. Getty Images have a artists impression during the construction of this bridge<ref>[http://www.gettyimages.com.au/pictures/the-victoria-railway-bridge-over-the-jhelum-river-at-chak-news-photo-73730274#the-victoria-railway-bridge-over-the-jhelum-river-at-chak-nizam-in-picture-id73730274 Getty Images " The Victoria Railway Bridge over the Jhelum river"]; Retrieved 15 Jul 2016</ref>. | The Bridge was also known as the '''Victoria Railway Bridge''' in some early records. Getty Images have a artists impression during the construction of this bridge<ref>[http://www.gettyimages.com.au/pictures/the-victoria-railway-bridge-over-the-jhelum-river-at-chak-news-photo-73730274#the-victoria-railway-bridge-over-the-jhelum-river-at-chak-nizam-in-picture-id73730274 Getty Images " The Victoria Railway Bridge over the Jhelum river"]; Retrieved 15 Jul 2016</ref>. | ||
Latest revision as of 14:26, 15 July 2016
The Chak-Nizam Bridge was completed in early 1887 over the river Jhelum in the Shahpur district about 100 miles north-west of Lahore. It was a vital link in the Sind-Sagar Railway that merged to form the North Western Railway(NWR) and became the NWR 'Sind-Sagar Branch' [1].
The Bridge was also known as the Victoria Railway Bridge in some early records. Getty Images have a artists impression during the construction of this bridge[2].
The construction of the bridge colourfully described in the "Civil and Military Gazette", 18 May 1887 [3].
The Engineers were James Ramsay, Engineer-in-Chief; Frederick Robert Upcott, Engineer-in-Charge of the Bridge; Mr Boydell, Executive Engineer and Mr J Spence, Sub-Engineer [3].
Rudyard Kipling reports a speech by the Chief Engineer, James Ramsay, in which various delays and accidents are mentioned, including 'having to wait for the girder-work not arrived from England' [4].
References
- ↑ " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 107, pdf page 116; Retrieved 15 Jul 2016
- ↑ Getty Images " The Victoria Railway Bridge over the Jhelum river"; Retrieved 15 Jul 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Google Books "Kipling’s India: Uncollected Sketches 1884–88" by Rudyard Kipling, pages 215-218; Retrieved on 15 Jul 2016
- ↑ Google Books "Stories and Poems" by Rudyard Kipling, page 576; Retrieved on 15 Jul 2016