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The incline was sixteen miles (19km) long, rising over 1,800 vertical feet (550 Metres) in that distance. The gradient was 1 in 40, with 2 miles of 1 in 37. No fewer than ten and a half miles were curved, and there were twenty-five tunnels, with a total length of two and a half miles, also eight lofty viaducts varying in height up to 160 ft. Except for a realignment to eliminate the reversing station, which somewhat lengthened the route, this incline remains to-day very much as it was then constructed. | The incline was sixteen miles (19km) long, rising over 1,800 vertical feet (550 Metres) in that distance. The gradient was 1 in 40, with 2 miles of 1 in 37. No fewer than ten and a half miles were curved, and there were twenty-five tunnels, with a total length of two and a half miles, also eight lofty viaducts varying in height up to 160 ft. Except for a realignment to eliminate the reversing station, which somewhat lengthened the route, this incline remains to-day very much as it was then constructed. | ||
For more information, particularly concerning the Engineers who were responsible for the constuction see [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]] | For more information, particularly concerning the Engineers who were responsible for the constuction see [[Great_Indian_Peninsula_Railway#Bhore_Ghat_Railway_Incline_-_between_Kalyan_and_Poona|Great Indian Peninsula Railway]] - Section 2.1.1 Bhore Ghat Incline - between Kalyan and Poona. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 11:33, 20 September 2015
Bhore Ghat Railway Construction The Bhore Ghat Railway incline, constructed 1856-63 carried the south-eastern line of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway (GIPR) through the Western Ghats.
The incline was sixteen miles (19km) long, rising over 1,800 vertical feet (550 Metres) in that distance. The gradient was 1 in 40, with 2 miles of 1 in 37. No fewer than ten and a half miles were curved, and there were twenty-five tunnels, with a total length of two and a half miles, also eight lofty viaducts varying in height up to 160 ft. Except for a realignment to eliminate the reversing station, which somewhat lengthened the route, this incline remains to-day very much as it was then constructed.
For more information, particularly concerning the Engineers who were responsible for the constuction see Great Indian Peninsula Railway - Section 2.1.1 Bhore Ghat Incline - between Kalyan and Poona.
References
- ‘The Building of the Bhore Ghat Railway Incline in Western India in the mid 19th Century’
Ian Kerr, U.Manitoba, Canada
www.hms.civil.uminho.pt/events/railroads2011/361_373.pdf
- ‘Hill Lines of India’ - Construction and Operation of Some Steeply Graded Routes
http://mikes.railhistory.railfan.net/r019.html