Thanks for posting this rare picture.

Posted by Apurva Bahadur on 2011 Mar 11 04:51:48 +0000

This is indeed valuable photo & piece of information. Thanks for sharing with us.

Posted by Shantanu Kulkarni on 2011 Mar 11 05:23:36 +0000

Woww, Just fantastic this is. Thanks for this treat.

Posted by Vijay Aravamudhan on 2011 Mar 11 16:04:13 +0000

For those not knowing Marathi, the caption reads : The stone bridge heading towards the Court, on which currently vehicles ply, was once used by the trains. This bridge was constructed around 1857.

My question, is this the bridge to the north of the present railway bridge?

Posted by Dr.Jitendra Mulky on 2011 Mar 12 02:34:12 +0000

This stone bridge shown in the picture above would be to the west of the Railway bridge currently being used. I am saying this as the Railway track runs north to south here.

If the new girder bridge was constructed in 1926-1927 time frame, then can we find out if this new bridge construction has got something to do with the DC electrification.

I think that this is the stone bridge one needs to cross while going to our Appu's house in Pune from the station !!

Posted by S. Srinivas on 2011 Mar 13 03:22:53 +0000

No Srini Sir, the railway line runs east - west across the river at this point. http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=18.5287502&lon=73.8623446&z=18&l=0&m=s&v=9 I feel that this old stone bridge is to the north of the present railway bridge. And to take the shortest route to Apu's house, you need to go towards the southwest from the Juna Bazar Chowk which is seen to the southeast of the bridges and then cross the river some distance to the south.

Posted by Dr.Jitendra Mulky on 2011 Mar 14 04:23:53 +0000