Chak-Nizam Bridge
The Chak-Nizam Bridge was completed in early 1887 over the river Jhelum in the Shahpur district about 100 miles north-west of Lahore. It was a vital link in the Sind-Sagar Railway that merged to form the North Western Railway(NWR) and became the NWR 'Sind-Sagar Branch' [1].
The Bridge was also known as the Victoria Railway Bridge in some early records. Getty Images have a artists impression during the construction of this bridge[2].
The construction of the bridge colourfully described in the "Civil and Military Gazette", 18 May 1887 [3].
The Engineers were James Ramsay, Engineer-in-Chief; Frederick Robert Upcott, Engineer-in-Charge of the Bridge; Mr Boydell, Executive Engineer and Mr J Spence, Sub-Engineer [3].
Rudyard Kipling reports a speech by the Chief Engineer, James Ramsay, in which various delays and accidents are mentioned, including 'having to wait for the girder-work not arrived from England' [4].
References
- ↑ " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 107, pdf page 116; Retrieved 15 Jul 2016
- ↑ Getty Images " The Victoria Railway Bridge over the Jhelum river"; Retrieved 15 Jul 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Google Books "Kipling’s India: Uncollected Sketches 1884–88" by Rudyard Kipling, pages 215-218; Retrieved on 15 Jul 2016
- ↑ Google Books "Stories and Poems" by Rudyard Kipling, page 576; Retrieved on 15 Jul 2016
