The '''Dapoorie Viaduct''' was completed in 1858 by the [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]].
The '''Dapoorie Viaduct''' was completed in 1858 by the [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]] and was an essential section from [[Khandala]] to [[Poona]] of the mainline to link to [[Madras]]
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>
It was one of the early major railway bridge to be constructed 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 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>
[[File:Dapoorie_Viaduct,_1858,_British_Library.jpg|thumb|Dapoorie Viaduct from British Library "Photograph Collection" <ref>[http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/photocoll/d/019pho0000254s3u00041000.html]; Retrieved 28 Jun 2016</ref>]]
Note : both the above citations are incorrect - the viaduct that carried the GIPR railway from Thane on Bombay Island to the Indian mainland was the [[Tannah Viaduct]]
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>
http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/photocoll/d/019pho0000254s3u00041000.html also needs correction
'''References Note''' : ''all the three references that follow are incorrect - the viaduct that carried the GIPR railway from Thane on Bombay Island to the Indian mainland was the [[Tannah Viaduct]]''
It was one of the early major railway bridge to be constructed 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]
Dapoorie Viaduct from British Library "Photograph Collection" [2]
The masonary arches could only span short distances and required many piers
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References Note : all the three references that follow are incorrect - the viaduct that carried the GIPR railway from Thane on Bombay Island to the Indian mainland was the Tannah Viaduct
