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Bhore Ghat Railway Construction

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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 <ref>[http://www.hms.civil.uminho.pt/events/railroads2011/361_373.pdf ‘The Building of the reversing station, which somewhat lengthened Bhore Ghat Railway Incline in Western India in the routemid 19th Century’ by Ian Kerr, this incline remains to-day very much as it was then constructedU.Manitoba, Canada"]; Retrieved 9 Dec 2015</ref>
For more informationExcept for a realignment to eliminate the reversing station, particularly concerning which somewhat lengthened the Engineers who were responsible for the constuction see route, this incline remains to-day very much as it was then constructed.<ref>[[Great_Indian_Peninsula_Railway#Bhore_Ghat_Railway_Incline_http://mikes.railhistory.railfan.net/r019.html "Hill Lines of India -_between_Kalyan_and_Poona|Great Indian Peninsula RailwayConstruction and Operation of Some Steeply Graded Routes"]] - Section 2; Retrieved 9 Dec 2015</ref><ref>[https://en.1wikipedia.1 Bhore org/wiki/Bhor_Ghat Wikipedia "Bhor Ghat Incline - between Kalyan and Poona."]; Retrieved 9 Dec 2015</ref>
==References==*‘The Building of For more information, particularly concerning the Engineers who were responsible for the constuction see [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]] - Section 2.1.1 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 between Kalyan and Operation of Some Steeply Graded Routes http://mikes.railhistory.railfan.net/r019.html  *https://en.wikipediaPoona.org/wiki/Bhor_Ghat
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