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<br>Construction commenced c.1865, near Kushtia , involved the bridging of the Gorai river on the ‘EBR Golundo Extension - Eastern Division ’ Porada Junction to Goalundo Section opened 1 Jan 1871
<br>The Gorai Bidge marks the first of ([Bradford Leslie| Bradford Leslie’s]] large bridge-building achievements in the Indian Empire. It consisted of seven 185-foot spans, supported on eight piers having two iron cylinders each; and was remarkable for the ingenious boring gear used to sink the cylinders to a depth of nearly 100 feet <ref name=Grace/>. Two Paper delivered to the Institution of Civil Engineers clearly describe the complexity of this work <ref>[https://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/pdf/10.1680/imotp.1872.22873 ‘Paper delivered to Institution of Civil Engineers 13 Feb 1872 ‘Account of the Bridge over the Gorai River, on the Goalando Extension of the Eastern Bengal Railway’ by Bradford Leslie]; Retrieved 28 Apr 2020</ref> <ref>[https://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/10.1680/imotp.1872.22874 ‘Discussion - Account of the Bridge over the Gorai River’ by Bradford Leslie]; Retrieved 28 Apr 2020</ref>.
<br>A Photographs Album in the British Library mainly records bridge-building activities c.1869-70, in particular the bridge over the Garai River in Nadia district, West Bengal <ref>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/display.do?tabs=detailsTab&ct=display&fn=search&doc=IAMS032-003057293&indx=3&recIds=IAMS032-003057293&recIdxs=2&elementId=2&renderMode=poppedOut&displayMode=full&frbrVersion=&dscnt=0&frbg=&scp.scps=scope%3A%28BL%29&tab=local&dstmp=1588097913042&srt=rank&mode=Basic&&dum=true&vl(freeText0)=Photos%20230%2F%281%29%20&vid=IAMS_VU2 "India Office Records "Photographs Album for shelfmark Photos 230/(1) to 230(44) "Construction of the East Bengal Railway from Calcutta through Nadia and Faridpur districts, c.1869-70"]; Retrieved 29 Apr 2020</ref>. A letter by [[Bradford Leslie]], the compiler of the album (or at the least the collector of some of the prints), indicates that Dr. J.A. Temple was employed as an engineer on the line.People named in these various photographs are Young, Haines, Pearce, Aylin, and Hayes. ''No initials given or job titles''
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