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Caption: Date: 1970-05 Location: Rawutkot, Dailekh Description: View of Chamghat River suspension bridge construction site (towers of the bridge are out of sight to the left). Sub-Overseer Dak Bir Singh shown supervising the stretching of the twin 7/8 inch cables from post-to-post (about 170 feet apart) in order to attach the cable clamps to which the stringers will be attached. Already cut pieces of the deck are shown laid out in the riverbed also. Keywords: Alan Fairbank, Nepal Photo History Project, Peace Corp Photo History, People, bridge building, handicrafts, named person