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Citation for image changed to Ted Pope as requested
The '''Alfred Viaduct''' carried the [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]](GIPR) mainline from [[Bombay]] to meet the [[East Indian Railway]](EIR) at [[Jubbulpore]], hence connecting [[Bombay]] to [[Calcutta]] when the line opened in 1870.
[[File:Alfred Viaduct Construcion - R M Brereton's workforce.jpg|right|thumb|The piers under construction with R M Breretonmarked with an 'X's workforce <ref name=Brereton>[https://archive.org/details/reminiscencesofo00brer "Reminiscences of an old English civil engineer, 1858-1908" by Robert Maitland Brereton]; page 10, retrieved on 1 Jul 2016</ref>]]. The viaduct image used is a single line girder bridge supported by 6 massive pillars courtesey of Ted Pope and single line railway over the Tawa River near Bagra Tawa Station on the [[Bhusawal]] to [[Jubbulporeis from his great grandfather's book.</ref>]] section of the GIPR. In some records it is named the '''Bagratawa railway bridge''' and also the '''Towa Viaduct'''.
The viaduct is a single line girder bridge supported by 6 massive pillars and single line railway over the Tawa River near Bagra Tawa Station on the [[Bhusawal]] to [[Jubbulpore]] section of the GIPR. In some records it is named the '''Bagratawa railway bridge''' and also the '''Towa Viaduct'''.
All the heavy material from England had to come by rail from Bombay <ref name=states>[http://www.thestatesman.com/mobi/news/8th-day/the-opening-of-the-mumbai-to-kolkata-railway/141013.html#SL3vjC1hEy3Vmu3P.99 The Statesman, New Delhi "The opening of the Mumbai to Kolkata railway by Michael Sandford, May 9 2016]; Retrieved 29 Jun 2016</ref>.
