Chenab Bridge, Shershar: Difference between revisions

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The Chenab Bridge at Shershar carried the Sind-Sagar Railway Branch of the North Western Railway over the River Chenab.

The 28 span box girder bridge ^[1] was under construction in 1888 ^[2] and completed c.1890 ^[3].

The construction required special civil engineering techniques developed by James Richard Bell of the Public Works Department ^[4].

The Executive Engineer in 1887 on the project was Robert Trefusis Mallet. ^[5].

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 and completed c.1890 <ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=gOtAAAAAIAAJ  Google Books “Couplings to the Khyber: the story of the North Western Railway by P. S. A. Berridge,  1969; pages 231 and 266 ] Retrieved on 20 May 2016</ref>.
-The construction required special civil engineering techniques developed by [[James Richard Bell]] of the  [[Public Works Department]] <ref>[https://archive.org/stream/scientific-american-1908-09-26/scientific-american-v99-n13-1908-09-26_djvu.txt Archive.org  Scientific AmericanVol 99, Number 13, September 1908  “The narrowing of the Ganges and construction of the Curzon Bridge” , 1908] Retrieved on 20 May 2016</ref>.
+The construction required special civil engineering techniques developed by [[James Richard Bell]] of the  [[Public Works Department]] <ref>[https://ia600803.us.archive.org/11/items/scientific-american-1908-09-26/scientific-american-v99-n13-1908-09-26.pdf Archive.org  Scientific American Vol 99, Number 13, September 1908  “The narrowing of the Ganges and construction of the Curzon Bridge” , 1908, page 204, pdf page 4 of 16] Retrieved on 15 Jul 2016</ref>.
 The Executive Engineer in 1887 on the project was [[Robert Trefusis Mallet]].