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'''Kistna Viaduct, Raichur(GIPR)'''
The Kistna Viaduct crossing the Kisna River near [[Raichur]] was constructed by the [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]] (GIPR) in c.1870 as part of its main line.
[[Raichur]], in the state of [[Hyderabad]], is at the junction of the [[Madras Railway]] and the GIPR, 351 m[iles] N.E. from Madras.
The viaduct was 3854 feet in length (443 m.) and comprise 36 equal girders of 107 ft., with a weight of 2500 tons, supplied by Skere Ironworks, Darlington, Britain and Woodside Works, Dudley supplied 1200 tons of cast iron piers
<ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=q4SlCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA239&lpg=PA239&dq=Kistna+Viaduct&source=bl&ots=7dGhKD8joT&sig=kH-sTrhZmg0Zsi7LnlBCeTmqXak&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjC-e_RmbnMAhWROsAKHWbODxwQ6AEIKTAC#v=onepage&q=Kistna%20Viaduct&f=false Google Books - “The Making of India: The Untold Story of British Enterprise” by Kartar Lalvani; page 239]; Retrieved on 2 May 2016</ref>.
George Berkley was the GIPR Consulting Engineer on the project who first visited India in 1867
<ref>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/George_Berkley Grace's Guide "George Berkley]; Retrieved on 2 May 2016</ref><ref>[https://archive.org/stream/girdermakingand02hutcgoog/girdermakingand02hutcgoog_djvu.txt Archive.org “Girder Making and the Practice of Bridge Building in Wrought Iron”by George Hutchinson MBMB, Inst.Mech.Eng, 1879; Page 75]; Retrieved on 2 May 2016</ref>.
''Footnote – to avoid confusion we have adopted the following titles'':-
*Kistna Viaduct, Raichur(GIPR) the subject of this page
*[[Kistna Bridge, Bezwada(ECR)]]
== References ==
<references />
[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Railway Constructions]]
The Kistna Viaduct crossing the Kisna River near [[Raichur]] was constructed by the [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]] (GIPR) in c.1870 as part of its main line.
[[Raichur]], in the state of [[Hyderabad]], is at the junction of the [[Madras Railway]] and the GIPR, 351 m[iles] N.E. from Madras.
The viaduct was 3854 feet in length (443 m.) and comprise 36 equal girders of 107 ft., with a weight of 2500 tons, supplied by Skere Ironworks, Darlington, Britain and Woodside Works, Dudley supplied 1200 tons of cast iron piers
<ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=q4SlCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA239&lpg=PA239&dq=Kistna+Viaduct&source=bl&ots=7dGhKD8joT&sig=kH-sTrhZmg0Zsi7LnlBCeTmqXak&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjC-e_RmbnMAhWROsAKHWbODxwQ6AEIKTAC#v=onepage&q=Kistna%20Viaduct&f=false Google Books - “The Making of India: The Untold Story of British Enterprise” by Kartar Lalvani; page 239]; Retrieved on 2 May 2016</ref>.
George Berkley was the GIPR Consulting Engineer on the project who first visited India in 1867
<ref>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/George_Berkley Grace's Guide "George Berkley]; Retrieved on 2 May 2016</ref><ref>[https://archive.org/stream/girdermakingand02hutcgoog/girdermakingand02hutcgoog_djvu.txt Archive.org “Girder Making and the Practice of Bridge Building in Wrought Iron”by George Hutchinson MBMB, Inst.Mech.Eng, 1879; Page 75]; Retrieved on 2 May 2016</ref>.
''Footnote – to avoid confusion we have adopted the following titles'':-
*Kistna Viaduct, Raichur(GIPR) the subject of this page
*[[Kistna Bridge, Bezwada(ECR)]]
== References ==
<references />
[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Railway Constructions]]
