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Prior to 1891, there was only a ferry service to cross the Indus, which ran between Bunji and [[Jaglot]] (then called 'Sai'). In that year, in preparation for the [[Hunza–Nagar Campaign]], a flying bridge using [[wire rope]] was laid by Captain Aylmer of the [[Bengal Sappers and Miners]]. Aylmer also established a [[cable ferry|wire-rope ferry]] which carried hundreds of tons of grains and military stores for the campaign.<ref> | Prior to 1891, there was only a ferry service to cross the Indus, which ran between Bunji and [[Jaglot]] (then called 'Sai'). In that year, in preparation for the [[Hunza–Nagar Campaign]], a flying bridge using [[wire rope]] was laid by Captain Aylmer of the [[Bengal Sappers and Miners]]. Aylmer also established a [[cable ferry|wire-rope ferry]] which carried hundreds of tons of grains and military stores for the campaign.<ref> | ||
{{cite book |last=Sandes |first=E. W. C. |title=The Military Engineer in India |url=https://archive.org/details/engineer1 |year=1935 |publisher=Institution of Royal Engineers | | {{cite book |last=Sandes |first=E. W. C. |title=The Military Engineer in India |url=https://archive.org/details/engineer1 |year=1935 |publisher=Institution of Royal Engineers |pages=[https://archive.org/details/engineer1/page/n471 435]–436}} | ||
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{{citation |last=Chohan |first=Amar Singh |title=Gilgit Agency 1877-1935 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.242488 |date=1997 |publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Dist |isbn=978-81-7156-146-9 |via=archive.org | | {{citation |last=Chohan |first=Amar Singh |title=Gilgit Agency 1877-1935 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.242488 |date=1997 |publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Dist |isbn=978-81-7156-146-9 |via=archive.org |pages=104–105}} | ||
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{{cite book |last=Lalvani |first=Kartar |title=The Making of India: The Untold Story of British Enterprise |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OB9CCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT426 |year=2016 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=978-1-4729-2483-4 |page=426}} | {{cite book |last=Lalvani |first=Kartar |title=The Making of India: The Untold Story of British Enterprise |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OB9CCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT426 |year=2016 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=978-1-4729-2483-4 |page=426}} | ||
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They were laced with wooden girders and attached to masonry abutments, designed to withstand strain of 500 pounds per foot.<ref>{{citation |last=Chohan |first=Amar Singh |title=Economic Conditions in the Frontier Territories of Jammu and Kashmir under the Dogras |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GuDsAAAAMAAJ |year=1994 |publisher=Atlantic Publishers and Distributors |isbn=978-81-7156-388-3| | They were laced with wooden girders and attached to masonry abutments, designed to withstand strain of 500 pounds per foot.<ref>{{citation |last=Chohan |first=Amar Singh |title=Economic Conditions in the Frontier Territories of Jammu and Kashmir under the Dogras |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GuDsAAAAMAAJ |year=1994 |publisher=Atlantic Publishers and Distributors |isbn=978-81-7156-388-3|page=53}}</ref> | ||
The bridge was located a few miles upstream from Bunji, just below a large "knee-bend" that is the confluence of the Gilgit and Indus rivers.<ref name="Gunn">{{Citation |last=Gunn |first=J. P. |title=The Shyok Flood, 1929 |journal=Himalayan Journal |volume=2 |year=1930 |url=https://www.himalayanclub.org/hj/02/5/the-shyok-flood-1929/ |access-date=2019-10-29}}</ref>{{sfnp|Dani, History of Northern Areas of Pakistan|2001|p=359}} It was called the "Partab Bridge" in honour of Maharaja Pratap Singh. The construction was carried out by Captain J. E. Capper of the Corps of Royal Engineers.<ref>{{cite book |last=Sandes |first=E. W. C. |title=The Indian Sappers and Miners |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h9W4AAAAIAAJ |year=1948 |publisher=Institution of Royal Engineers | | The bridge was located a few miles upstream from Bunji, just below a large "knee-bend" that is the confluence of the Gilgit and Indus rivers.<ref name="Gunn">{{Citation |last=Gunn |first=J. P. |title=The Shyok Flood, 1929 |journal=Himalayan Journal |volume=2 |year=1930 |url=https://www.himalayanclub.org/hj/02/5/the-shyok-flood-1929/ |access-date=2019-10-29}}</ref>{{sfnp|Dani, History of Northern Areas of Pakistan|2001|p=359}} It was called the "Partab Bridge" in honour of Maharaja Pratap Singh. The construction was carried out by Captain J. E. Capper of the Corps of Royal Engineers.<ref>{{cite book |last=Sandes |first=E. W. C. |title=The Indian Sappers and Miners |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h9W4AAAAIAAJ |year=1948 |publisher=Institution of Royal Engineers |page=368}}</ref> | ||
The bridge was the only means of contacting Gilgit during the summer months when the ferry would be unsafe due to the heavy summer flows of the Indus.<ref name="Gunn" /> | The bridge was the only means of contacting Gilgit during the summer months when the ferry would be unsafe due to the heavy summer flows of the Indus.<ref name="Gunn" /> | ||