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Chenab Bridge, Shershar
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The Chenab Bridge at Shershar carried the Sind-Sagar Railway Branch of the North Western Railway over the River Chenab.
The 28 span box girder bridge [1] was under construction in 1888 [2] and completed c.1890 [3].
The construction required special civil engineering techniques developed by James Richard Bell of the Public Works Department [4].
The Executive Engineer in 1887 on the project was Robert Trefusis Mallet. [5].
References
- ↑ Google Books "The Making of India: The Untold Story of British Enterprise", page 243 by Kartar Lalvani Retrieved on 20 May 2016
- ↑ Amazon co.ok.” Drawing of Chenab Bridge, 1888” Retrieved on 20 May 2016
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Archive.org Scientific 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 15 Jul 2016
- ↑ Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 560 (pdf page 523) Retrieved on 20 May 2016