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|image=Attock Bridge 2.jpg|coordinates= [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=33.8936,72.2414&z=14&t=h&hl=en 33.8936°N 72.2414°E] |altitude= 346 m (1,138 ft)|presentname= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attock_Khurd Attock AttockKhurd]

'''for the city, Attock City''' is a city located off the Grand Trunk (GT) Road in , see [[PunjabCampbellpur]].'''

==Spelling and name variants==Campbellpore'''Attock''' was a small town on the banks of the River Indus in [[Attock District]], Campbellpur [[Punjab]]. The district was named after this town rather than the capital city. A bridge over the River Indus was built here.

==HistorySpelling variants ==Although Wikipedia states it was founded in 1908 as Campbellpur City<ref>Wikipedia, [httpModern name://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Attock&oldid=346007227 Attock] version accessed 1st March 2010Khurd</refbr>, it appears that the cantonment was established much earlier when barracks were built at Campbellpore c1857-1858.<ref>[httpVariants://books.google.com.au/books?id=A1coAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA344 Nine years on the north-west frontier of India: from 1854-1863], page 344 by Sir Sydney Cotton 1868 Google Books </ref>Attock

A description of Campbellpore in 1908 advises that it is situated on the [[North Western ====Railways====Railway]] and connected by a rough, unmetalled road, 11 miles long, with the grand trunk road.<ref>[http://www.archive.org/stream/imperialgazette05unkngoog#page/n215/mode/1up Imperial Gazetteer of India : Provincial Series Punjab Volume II The Lahore, Rawalpindi and Multan Divisions and Native States], page 184 1908 Archive.org </ref>Station

==Similar name==Roads====It is not to be confused with The Grand Truck (GT) Road passes the town of . ==Bridges==[[Image:Attock Bridge.jpg|right|thumb|275px|''Attock Bridge With Running Train'']]A railway bridge designed by Sir Guildford Molesworth (or 1828-1925), was opened in 1883.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attock_Bridge Attock Bridge] wikipedia.org</ref>  ==External Links==* [http://irfca.org/articles/attock-bridge.html Railway bridge over Indus at Attock Khurd]]) on the banks By Owais Mughal irfca.org* [http://www.irfca.org/gallery/Foreign/Saif+in+Pakistan/Old+Attock+Bridge/ Photographs of the River Indus.Bridge and railway station] Indian Railways Fan Club