Image: Bhor Ghat (1870)

Description: Photograph of the Bhor Ghat reversing station from the 'Lee-Warner Collection: 'Bombay Presidency. William Lee Warner C.S.' taken by an unknown photographer in the 1870s. The Bhor Ghat reversing station is situated at a height of 2027 feet on the Great Peninsula railway line from Bombay to Pune in Maharashtra. This route required passing over the western Ghats. In addition to the reversing station, there were 25 tunnels and 22 bridges. On the 25 January 1869, there was an accident at Bhor Ghat when a mail train was unable to brake.
Title: Bhor Ghat (1870)
Credit: 'Lee-Warner Collection: 'Bombay Presidency. William Lee Warner C.S.' (http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/photocoll/b/019pho0000002s3u00011000.html)
Author: William Lee Warner C.S. (d. 1914)
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