Japan in Northwest Thailand during World War II
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As noted in the banner at the top of the page, the bridge over the River Pai is often, but erroneously, presented as built by the Imperial Japanese Army (I J A) during WWII. Preliminary information by the author about the Tha Pai Bridge[2] is currently available at The Pai Bridge. The photo below is taken from a detailed examination of the Pai bridge which will be included here at a future time: in the photo is the name of one of the steel manufacturers for the Bailey Bridge which forms the northerly-most span of the Pai bridge. It is presented at this time to complete a reference from the San Khayom bridge, which has steel from the same manufacturer:[3]
Structural steel manufacturer: "Appleby-Frodingham".
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See Key for interpreting page content. Revision list. See bottom of Text column on this page. Bibliography supports notes. 1.^ Other names include "the Bridge over the River Pai", "The World War 2 Memorial Bridge", "The Old Iron Bridge at Pai", etc. ท่าผา, ie, Tha Pai, (both per RTSD map 4647 I) is the name of the village at the southeast end of the bridge . 2.^ Map is extracted from
3.^ Extract from CIMG2482 of 11 Feb 2008; photo has been enhanced to improve legibility of manufacturer's name.
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