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'Hardinge Bridge' and 'Frederick Ewart Robertson' added with references.
*'''[[Lansdowne Bridge]]'''. 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. The engineer Rendel 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. Construction started in 1887 and when it was completed in 1889 was the largest cantilever bridge in the world. The bridge provided the railway link between Lahore, in the heart of the granary of British India, and the port of Karachi on the Arabian Sea <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lansdowne_Bridge_Rohri Wikipedia "Lansdowne Bridge"]; Retrieved 23 Apr 2016</ref>.
*'''[[Jubilee Bridge]]'''. The climax of his bridge-building career was considered to be the Jubilee Bridge at Howrah allowing trains to cross the Hooghly River to Calcutta. The Bridge was designed by Alexander Meadows Rendel, Consulant Engineer for EIR and [[Bradford Leslie]], EIR Chief Engineer. The construction started in 1882 and was completed in 1887. The Chief Engineer in charge of construction works was Lt Col [[Arthur John Barry]]. The Jubilee Bridge was opened on 16 February 1887 in the fiftieth or jubilee year of the reign of Queen Victoria <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jubilee_Bridge_(India) "Wikipedia “ Jubilee Bridge India”]; Retrieved 23 Apr 2016</ref>.
*'''[[Hardinge Bridge]]'''. The Consulting Engineer in London was Sir [[Alexander Meadows Rendel]] with [[Frederick Ewart Robertson]] an active partner in that firm who was resposible for the designs for the steelwork of perhaps the most difficult bridge yet undertaken, at Sara over the Lower Ganges. The construction of the bridge started in 1910 and completed c.1912. The line, which opened to traffic in 1915, became the [[Hardinge Bridge]] <ref>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Frederick_Ewart_Robertson Grace's Guide "Frederick Ewart Robertson"]; Retrieved 8 Jun 2016</ref>.
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