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The '''Tannah Viaduct''' was the first railway bridge to be constructed in India, it was a vital link in the section of the [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]] from [[Tanna]] to Callian (later named [[Kalyan]]) which  opened in May 1845. The construction of this portion was difficult as it involved a two-line Tannah Viaduct over the estuary and two tunnels <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Indian_Peninsula_Railway#The_Sahyadri_crossed Wikipedia “Great Indian Peninsula Railway – The Sahyadi crossed”]; Retrieved 28 Jun 2016</ref>.
The '''Dapoorie Viaduct''' was completed in 1858 by the [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]].  


The Tannah Viaduct comprised a number of masonry arches and an iron bridge section, imported from Britain, to allow navigation.
It was one of the early major  railway bridge to be constructed in India and comprised 22 stone arches of about 33 feet (10M) each span. It was part of the very first railway to operate in India  and still carries the main-line traffic today <ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=q4SlCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA236&lpg=PA236&dq=dapoorie+viaduct&source=bl&ots=7dGlRI9dpO&sig=pNoVHAVFFmq8Kasbe4VAaM2_IUU&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjdwtKjusPNAhVqBcAKHcYHB5A4ChDoAQgzMAY#v=onepage&q=dapoorie%20viaduct&f=false Google Books “ The Making of India: The Untold Story of British Enterprise”  by Kartar Lalvani, page 326”]; Retrieved 28 June 2016</ref>


The Railway Times of 15 January 1853 <ref>[http://www.irfca.org/docs/history/railway-times.html  Reproduced by the Indian Railways Fan Club (IRFCA)from Railway Times, 15 January, 1853, p.59”]; Retrieved 28 Jun 2016</ref> carries the following account:-.
The masonary arches could only span short distances and required many piers <ref>[ https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ETIxCLujm30C&pg=PA48&lpg=PA48&dq=dapoorie+viaduct&source=bl&ots=TmnphlA_jq&sig=WbuiwOUh1mE34GdMutzhJRLbqTA&hl=en&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=0ahUKEwjp0fvEtsPNAhWBIcAKHTTRAKUQ6AEIXDAM#v=onepage&q=dapoorie%20viaduct&f=false Google Books “Engines of Change: The Railroads that Made India” by Ian J. Kerr, page 48”]; Retrieved 28 June 2016</ref>
 
Note : both the above citations are incorrect - the viaduct that carried the GIPR railway from Bombay Island to Thane on the Indian mainland was the [[Tannah Viaduct]]
 
http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/photocoll/d/019pho0000254s3u00041000.html also needs correction


''“On the opening of the Bombay - Thana line”
This enterprise will shortly be opened for traffic as far as Tannah, twenty-one miles from the Bombay terminus. A double line is laid the entire distance, and the Tannah viaduct is nearly completed, except the two piers through which the navigation passes. The iron bridge for this opening is on its way out by the 'Balcarras.' The embankments, which have been exposed to the monsoon storms and rains, stand remarkably firm, even better than embankments in England. The Indian Government have approved have approved of the line being extended to Shahpoor, on the Thull Ghaut road, twenty-nine miles from Callian, where it will intercept all the traffic which descends by the Thull Gaut. The locomotives have arrived out, and are being fitted preparatory for placing on the line. In a few weeks, therefore, the iron road that is probably destined to change the habits, manners, customs, and religion of Hindoo, Parsee, and Mussulman, will commence its work in the Indian Peninsula
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Revision as of 10:03, 28 June 2016

The Dapoorie Viaduct was completed in 1858 by the Great Indian Peninsula Railway.

It was one of the early major railway bridge to be constructed in India and comprised 22 stone arches of about 33 feet (10M) each span. It was part of the very first railway to operate in India and still carries the main-line traffic today [1]

The masonary arches could only span short distances and required many piers [2]

Note : both the above citations are incorrect - the viaduct that carried the GIPR railway from Bombay Island to Thane on the Indian mainland was the Tannah Viaduct

http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/photocoll/d/019pho0000254s3u00041000.html also needs correction

References

  1. ↑ Google Books “ The Making of India: The Untold Story of British Enterprise” by Kartar Lalvani, page 326”; Retrieved 28 June 2016
  2. ↑ [ https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ETIxCLujm30C&pg=PA48&lpg=PA48&dq=dapoorie+viaduct&source=bl&ots=TmnphlA_jq&sig=WbuiwOUh1mE34GdMutzhJRLbqTA&hl=en&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=0ahUKEwjp0fvEtsPNAhWBIcAKHTTRAKUQ6AEIXDAM#v=onepage&q=dapoorie%20viaduct&f=false Google Books “Engines of Change: The Railroads that Made India” by Ian J. Kerr, page 48”]; Retrieved 28 June 2016
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