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Hooghly: see Hugli Hugli or Hooghly (both: h ..... Click the link for more information. , India. Hooghly a river in NE India, in West Bengal: the westernmost and commercially most important channel by which the River Ganges enters the Bay of Bengal. Length: 232 km (144 miles) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Even the major branches of these rivers, like the Bhagirathi, Hooghly, Padma and Meghna, constantly shift course from one monsoon to the next. For Calcutta's Hooghly Bridge, which took over twenty years to complete, Schlaich + Bergermann designed an open steel grid with riveted connections, since imported weldable steel and equipment was unaffordable. Cross the bridge over the Hooghly River into the suburb of Howrah, take one of the crowded main streets, turn on another, take a one-lane alley to the left, turn into another lane perhaps 10 feet wide, step into a slender alley with an open sewer running at the edge, turn right through an opening in a concrete wall, walk to the end of a series of low-roofed hovels and there she is, home again. |
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