There is no cure for stupidity & nonsense & @Expedia epitomizes it. The crap they have on their site on #BallyBridge connecting #DakshineshwarTemple & #Uttarpara. Again, I have to fix the false narrative. If you are interested read on. Anyone who has traveled to #Kolkata (1/n) 
(2/n) and been to Dakshineshwar Temple must've stumbled upon the famous Bally Bridge. Here is a history of the engineering marvel that you may not have known. Believe it or not, #Crowdfunding was not invented at #PaloAlto. Kolkata was separated from Hoogly District by.....
(3/n) Bhagirathi (Ganges) river. It was expensive and cumbersome for people to travel between the 2 sides. #RajaJoykrishna put a proposal with the British government to build a bridge in 1842. After pursuing it over 2 years the government sanctioned the construction under the....
(4/n) design blueprint created by Captain Goodwin. The bridge was build rapidly but as the British government cut corners, the bridge collapsed in 1845. The #Brits refused to spend an additional INR 51,000 to rebuild the bridge. But it had to be done. Joykrishna Mukherjee....
(5/n) presented a business case with the residents of Uttarpara on the benefits that will accrue from having a bridge and raised 50% from the residents. He and Raja Annadaprasad Roy funded the rest. Today we have sophisticated equipment to check quality of construction and.....
(6/n) and load bearing capability. 8 fully loaded bullock carts plus 3 tons of cannons attached to bullocks were made to make multiple trips back and forth to test the strength of the bridge The bridge still stand with its head high giving way to a bustling confluence of ....
(7/n) humanity. Unfortunately, history or engineering classes in our schools and colleges with never talk about this. We all need to fix the false narratives that have been spread across the country over centuries. The Imperial Gazetteer reports "Ooterpara was the first town...
(8/n) having a purely native population in which the Act was introduced, and thus the inhabitants have abviously gained great honour". The bridge enabled trade & education to flourish between Kolkata & other otherside of Ganges. It helped Uttarpara be India's 1st independent...
(9/n) Municipal Corporation.
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