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The '''Sutlej Bridge''' also known as the '''Empress Bridge''' near Bahawalpur, Punjab (now in Pakistan). The bridge, which opened in 1887, carried the [[Indus Valley State Railway]] over the Sutlej river between [[Ferozepur]] (Firozpur) (south of [[Lahore]]) and [[Kazur]].
The '''Sutlej Bridge''' also known as the '''Empress Bridge''' near Bahawalpur, Punjab (now in Pakistan). The bridge, which opened in 1887, carried the [[Indus Valley State Railway]](IVSR) over the River Sutlej between [[Ferozepore]] ''(see note)'' south of [[Lahore]]) and [[Kazur]].


The bridge over the Sutlej was built on twenty-seven brick piers, carried a railway line fifteen feet broad and a cart road of eighteen feet, flanked by footpaths.  
At the time of opening IVSR was amagamated to form the [[North Western Railway]](NWR).
 
The bridge over the River Sutlej was built on twenty-seven brick piers, carried a railway line fifteen feet broad and a cart road of eighteen feet, flanked by footpaths.  
<ref>[http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/imotp.1881.22271 "The Empress Bridge over the Sutlej" by James Richard Bell M.Inst.C.E. Paper No 1682; Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers Volume 65 ,published 1881, page 242]; Retrieved on  20 Apr 2016</ref>
<ref>[http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/imotp.1881.22271 "The Empress Bridge over the Sutlej" by James Richard Bell M.Inst.C.E. Paper No 1682; Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers Volume 65 ,published 1881, page 242]; Retrieved on  20 Apr 2016</ref>
<ref>[http://www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/rg_sketches_40.htm "The Kipling Society - The Sutlej Bridge"]; Retrieved on  20 Apr 2016</ref>
<ref>[http://www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/rg_sketches_40.htm "The Kipling Society - The Sutlej Bridge"]; Retrieved on  20 Apr 2016</ref>
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The bridge was later re-named the '''Kaisir-i-Hind  Bridge''' (Empress of India in Hindi) and was the subject of a report “The Protection-Works of the Kaisir-i-Hind Bridge over the River Sutlej,  near Ferozepore” delivered to the Institution of Civil Engineers in 1903. <ref>[http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/imotp.1903.18013 Institution of Civil Engineers “The Protection-Works of the Kaisir-i-Hind Bridge over the River Sutlej,  near Ferozepore”, March 1903] Retrieved on 20 Jul 2016</ref>.  
The bridge was later re-named the '''Kaisir-i-Hind  Bridge''' (Empress of India in Hindi) and was the subject of a report “The Protection-Works of the Kaisir-i-Hind Bridge over the River Sutlej,  near Ferozepore” delivered to the Institution of Civil Engineers in 1903. <ref>[http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/imotp.1903.18013 Institution of Civil Engineers “The Protection-Works of the Kaisir-i-Hind Bridge over the River Sutlej,  near Ferozepore”, March 1903] Retrieved on 20 Jul 2016</ref>.  
''Spelling note''
*[[Ferozepore]] is the spelling given in the [[Imperial Gazetteer of India]] <ref>[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V12_101.gif Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 12, p. 95]; Retrieved  4 Sept 2016</ref> which we take to be the definitive form.
*Ferozpore is used in some references
*Ferozepur is used in some documents
*Firozpur is the modern spelling used on maps and in Wikipedia <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firozpur Wikipedia "Firozpur"]; Retrieved  4 Sept 2016</ref>.
==Remark==
The [[Ferozepore Steam Tramway]] was a temporary steam tramway that opened in 1885 and crossed the River Sutlej by using a bridge of boats  connecting the [[Ferozepore]] station of the [[North Western Railway]](NWR) to the village of  Ganda Singh Bandar to connect to the NWR line from [[Lahore]]  <ref>[http://www.irfca.org/docs/locolists/industrial/display.php?file=TramwayLightRail.txt&title=Tramways%20and%20Light%20Rail Tramways and Light Rails by Simon Darvill, August 2004]; Retrieved  4 Sept 2016</ref>.
The tramway was closed in 1887-88 with the opening of the '''Empress Bridge'''  over the River Sutlej  connecting [[Ferozepore]] directly by the NWR line to [[ Lahore]].


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 16:24, 4 September 2016

The Sutlej Bridge also known as the Empress Bridge near Bahawalpur, Punjab (now in Pakistan). The bridge, which opened in 1887, carried the Indus Valley State Railway(IVSR) over the River Sutlej between Ferozepore (see note) south of Lahore) and Kazur.

At the time of opening IVSR was amagamated to form the North Western Railway(NWR).

The bridge over the River Sutlej was built on twenty-seven brick piers, carried a railway line fifteen feet broad and a cart road of eighteen feet, flanked by footpaths. [1] [2]

The Engineer-in-Charge of the construction was William St. John Galwey, assisted in 1873 by Hugh Lewin Monk from the Public Works Department(PWD) Railway Branch of PWD.

The Engineer-in-Chief of the Firozpur (Empress) Bridge in 1885-86 was Robert Trefusis Mallet from the PWD [3].

The bridge was later re-named the Kaisir-i-Hind Bridge (Empress of India in Hindi) and was the subject of a report “The Protection-Works of the Kaisir-i-Hind Bridge over the River Sutlej, near Ferozepore” delivered to the Institution of Civil Engineers in 1903. [4].


Spelling note

  • Ferozepore is the spelling given in the Imperial Gazetteer of India [5] which we take to be the definitive form.
  • Ferozpore is used in some references
  • Ferozepur is used in some documents
  • Firozpur is the modern spelling used on maps and in Wikipedia [6].

Remark

The Ferozepore Steam Tramway was a temporary steam tramway that opened in 1885 and crossed the River Sutlej by using a bridge of boats connecting the Ferozepore station of the North Western Railway(NWR) to the village of Ganda Singh Bandar to connect to the NWR line from Lahore [7].

The tramway was closed in 1887-88 with the opening of the Empress Bridge over the River Sutlej connecting Ferozepore directly by the NWR line to Lahore.


References

  1. ↑ "The Empress Bridge over the Sutlej" by James Richard Bell M.Inst.C.E. Paper No 1682; Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers Volume 65 ,published 1881, page 242; Retrieved on 20 Apr 2016
  2. ↑ "The Kipling Society - The Sutlej Bridge"; Retrieved on 20 Apr 2016
  3. ↑ Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 560 (pdf page 523 Retrieved on 26 May 2016
  4. ↑ Institution of Civil Engineers “The Protection-Works of the Kaisir-i-Hind Bridge over the River Sutlej, near Ferozepore”, March 1903 Retrieved on 20 Jul 2016
  5. ↑ Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 12, p. 95; Retrieved 4 Sept 2016
  6. ↑ Wikipedia "Firozpur"; Retrieved 4 Sept 2016
  7. ↑ Tramways and Light Rails by Simon Darvill, August 2004; Retrieved 4 Sept 2016
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