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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. A comment added advises that today the area is known as Dapodi, a suburb of Pune (Poona).</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 the [[Tannah Viaduct]], opened in 1854 that connected Bombay Island to the mainland.
==External links==
*Photographs by T. Shepherd of Poona from the Faviell Collection of Ceylon Railway views, University of Cambridge Digital Library.
**[http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/PH-Y-00303-A/24 Darporee Viaduct]. View from one side of the line looking along the viaduct, a 22 arch stone bridge built by the G.I.P.R.
**[http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/PH-Y-00303-A/25 The Viaduct and old Bridge [Darporee<nowiki>]</nowiki>] View showing the other side of the viaduct, with part of the old wooden road bridge visible beyond.
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