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Taptee (Bhusawal) Viaduct GIPR
Taptee (Bhusawal) Viaduct GIPR
Note:- not to be confused with the ‘Taptee (Surat) Bridge BB&CIR’

Marked in the Blue D on the map
The ‘Taptee Viaduct ’ near Bhusawal was constructed to carry their ‘Great Indian Peninsula Railway’ ’‘North-East Mainline’ from Bombay to Jubbulpore.
The Viaduct opened in November 1865 extending the Mainline to Khandwa in 1866 and Jubbulpore in 1870 [1].
Bridge Construction
The ‘Taptee Viaduct’, on the ‘Great Indian Peninsula Railway’, consists of five 142-ft girder openings in the centre, and on either side of them eleven 62-ft. girder openings and ten-40 ft. arches. The viaduct consists of twenty 40-ft. arches, fourteen 62-ft. and five 142-ft. girder openings.
The total length of the viaduct, inclusive of piers and abutments is 2,530-ft(771 mtrs), and the height to rail level is 82-ft.
The whole of the masonry is constructed for a double line of rails, but the girders are erected for only a single line [2].
Personnel
The work was undertaken by [2]:- with Fibis interpretaion indicated by =
- Mr. Wythes = previously Messrs. Wythes and Jackson, Construction Contractors in partnership with the late Mr Jackson
and executed for him by
- Mr. Ker = Charles Buchanan Ker (GIPR Engineer)
and
- Mr. Wright = Robert Edwin Wright (GIPR Engineer)
under the superintendence of
- Mr. J. R. Manning, district engineer = unidentified
assisted by
- Mr. Bleay = unidentified
and
- Mr. Eaton = unidentified
References
- ↑ “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 65 (pdf73) ; Retrieved 27 May 2020
- ↑ Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 Grace’s Guide from The Engineer 2 Sep 1866 ‘Taptee Viaduct’; Retrieved 27 May 2020