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[[File:Dapoorie_Viaduct,_1858,_British_Library.jpg|thumb|Dapoorie Viaduct from British Library "On-line Photograph Collection" <ref>[http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/photocoll/d/019pho0000254s3u00041000.html Dapoorie Viaduct from British Library "On-line Photograph Collection" - "Dapoorie Viaduct"]; Retrieved 29 Jun 2016</ref>]]
The '''Dapoorie Viaduct''' was completed in 1858 by the [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]](GIPR) and was a vital section from [[Khandala]] to [[Poona]] of the mainline to link to [[Madras]] <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Indian_Peninsula_Railway#The_Sahyadri_crossed Wikipedia "Great Indian Peninsula Railway - The Sahyadri crossed"]; Retrieved 29 Jun 2016</ref>].
It was one of the early major railway bridge to be constructed and comprised 22 stone arches of about 33 feet (10M) each span <ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=q4SlCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA236&lpg=PA236&dq=dapoorie+viaduct&source=bl&ots=7dGlRI9dpO&sig=pNoVHAVFFmq8Kasbe4VAaM2_IUU&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjdwtKjusPNAhVqBcAKHcYHB5A4ChDoAQgzMAY#v=onepage&q=dapoorie%20viaduct&f=false Google Books “ The Making of India: The Untold Story of British Enterprise” by Kartar Lalvani, page 326”]; Retrieved 29 June 2016</ref>.
The masonary arches could only span short distances and required many piers
<ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ETIxCLujm30C&pg=PA48&lpg=PA48&dq=dapoorie+viaduct&source=bl&ots=TmnphlA_jq&sig=WbuiwOUh1mE34GdMutzhJRLbqTA&hl=en&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=0ahUKEwjp0fvEtsPNAhWBIcAKHTTRAKUQ6AEIXDAM#v=onepage&q=dapoorie%20viaduct&f=false Google Books “Engines of Change: The Railroads that Made India” by Ian J. Kerr, page 48”]; Retrieved 29 June 2016</ref>.
'''References Note''' :-
''Three of the References cited beow incorrectly state that the Dapoorie Viaduct 'carried the GIPR railway from Thane on Bombay Island to the Indian mainland'.''
These References being:- British Library Photograph caption and paragraphs in the two books cited.
It was the [[Tannah Viaduct]], opened in 1854 that connected Bombay Island to the mainland.
== References ==
<references />
[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Railway Constructions]]
The '''Dapoorie Viaduct''' was completed in 1858 by the [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]](GIPR) and was a vital section from [[Khandala]] to [[Poona]] of the mainline to link to [[Madras]] <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Indian_Peninsula_Railway#The_Sahyadri_crossed Wikipedia "Great Indian Peninsula Railway - The Sahyadri crossed"]; Retrieved 29 Jun 2016</ref>].
It was one of the early major railway bridge to be constructed and comprised 22 stone arches of about 33 feet (10M) each span <ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=q4SlCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA236&lpg=PA236&dq=dapoorie+viaduct&source=bl&ots=7dGlRI9dpO&sig=pNoVHAVFFmq8Kasbe4VAaM2_IUU&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjdwtKjusPNAhVqBcAKHcYHB5A4ChDoAQgzMAY#v=onepage&q=dapoorie%20viaduct&f=false Google Books “ The Making of India: The Untold Story of British Enterprise” by Kartar Lalvani, page 326”]; Retrieved 29 June 2016</ref>.
The masonary arches could only span short distances and required many piers
<ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ETIxCLujm30C&pg=PA48&lpg=PA48&dq=dapoorie+viaduct&source=bl&ots=TmnphlA_jq&sig=WbuiwOUh1mE34GdMutzhJRLbqTA&hl=en&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=0ahUKEwjp0fvEtsPNAhWBIcAKHTTRAKUQ6AEIXDAM#v=onepage&q=dapoorie%20viaduct&f=false Google Books “Engines of Change: The Railroads that Made India” by Ian J. Kerr, page 48”]; Retrieved 29 June 2016</ref>.
'''References Note''' :-
''Three of the References cited beow incorrectly state that the Dapoorie Viaduct 'carried the GIPR railway from Thane on Bombay Island to the Indian mainland'.''
These References being:- British Library Photograph caption and paragraphs in the two books cited.
It was the [[Tannah Viaduct]], opened in 1854 that connected Bombay Island to the mainland.
== References ==
<references />
[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Railway Constructions]]
