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Chupper Rift Bridge - Quetta
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A railway engineering marvel on the Sindh Peshin Railway line
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The Chapper Rift [also Chopa Rift] was probably one of the greatest engineering feats in the Indian railway system in the 1890s. The Rift was created by the separation of two plates during an earthquake. Constructing the pillars that supported the railway line and the tunnels was an almost impossible task. Men were lowered on cradles and had to work against sheer cliff faces. A drilling machine was drawn by elephants who were never able to work again. Sudden floods could appear anytime. Maintenance was extremely difficult and expensive. In 1942 flood waters finally washed out numerous structures, and the railway section was shut down. Two years later the bridge girders were removed and used elsewhere.
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