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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://ia600803.us.archive.org/stream11/items/scientific-american-1908-09-26/scientific-american-v99-n13-1908-09-26_djvu26.txt pdf Archive.org Scientific AmericanVol 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 20 May 15 Jul 2016</ref>.
The Executive Engineer in 1887 on the project was [[Robert Trefusis Mallet]].
