Chak-Nizam Bridge

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The Chak-Nizam Bridge was completed in early 1887 over the river Jhelum in the Shahpur district about 100 miles north-west of Lahore. It was a vital link in the Sind-Sagar Railway that merged to form the North Western Railway(NWR) and became the NWR 'Sind-Sagar Branch' [1].

The Bridge was also known as the Victoria Railway Bridge in some early records. Getty Images have a artists impression during the construction of this bridge[2].

The construction of the bridge colourfully described in the "Civil and Military Gazette", 18 May 1887 [3].

The Engineers were James Ramsay, Engineer-in-Chief; Frederick Robert Upcott, Engineer-in-Charge of the Bridge; Mr Boydell, Executive Engineer and Mr J Spence, Sub-Engineer [3].

Rudyard Kipling reports a speech by the Chief Engineer, James Ramsay, in which various delays and accidents are mentioned, including 'having to wait for the girder-work not arrived from England' [4].

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