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'A handbook of Turkey in Europe (London: Intelligence Division, Admiralty; 1917)' [162r] (328/348)
The record is made up of 1 volume (170 folios). It was created in 1917. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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ITINERARIES
303
DEDEAGACH—KULELI BURGAS BRANCH LINE
Line runs in general direction E. close to shore across low-
lying ground, crossing several streams.
miles
0
6i
n
13
17i
Dedeagach. Leaving the Oriental Station the line
runs | mile distant from the coast, here a low shingly
beach, and passes patches of cultivation and low
undergrowth. Three-quarters of a mile to the N. are
steep wooded outliers from the hills on that side.
The line leaves the coast and the wide marshy delta
|of the Maritsa, which extends S. as far as Enos, and
follows a partially cultivated strip between the marshes
and the hills.
An unmetalled track over gravel and sandy soil
follows the line a short distance to the N. of it.
The wide shingly bed of the Lijje or Ilija stream is
crossed by a lattice girder bridge of ten 30-ft. spans on
stone piers.
A temporary station here opened for the hot baths
of Ilija. The line now gradually bends to the N.,
skirting low hills covered with brushwood.
Line reaches bank of N. mouth of Maritsa, and
turns in general direction NW., still following foot
of hills to N.
Ferejik Station (alt. 26 ft.). Two sidings of 400
yds. each, water-tank, small goods shed, in open
country with gravelly soil and a little cultivation,
about a mile E. of the town, which stands on rising
ground. It is connected by a roughly metalled road.
Some cultivation, vineyards, but country generally
bare. The station of the Bodoma Ferejik branch of the
Salonica-Dedeagach line (which see) lies j- mile to the
S. and has a connecting siding. It has a water-tank
and turntable with 1,000 yds. of sidings.
Line runs in general NNE. direction up W. side of
the Maritsa Valley, at average distance of | mile from
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Copy of 'A handbook of Turkey in Europe, prepared on behalf of the Admiralty , Admiralty War Staff, Intelligence Division, January 1917.'
The volume contains thirteen photographic plates (folios 99-106) and a map (folio 171).
Contents (folio 6):
Section I
- I. Boundaries and Physical Features, p 9 (f 7);
- II. Climate, p 27 (f 16);
- III. Modern History, p 34 (f 19v);
- IV. Ethnology and Languages, p 49 (f 27);
- V. Religions, p 66 (f 35v);
- VI. Government and Administration, p 96 (f 50v);
- VII. Turkish Social Life, p 114 (f 59v);
- VIII. Economic Geography and Finance, p 142 (f 73v);
- IX. Chief Towns, p 166 (f 85v);
- X. Money, Weights and Measures, the Calendar, p 185 (f 95).
Section II. Itineraries.
- Roads, p 193(f 107);
- Railways, p 276 (f 148v).
Index, p 307 (f 164).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (170 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume contains a table of contents at folio 6, and an index at folios 164-170.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 172; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An original pagination sequence is present in parallel between ff 7-170.
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- 'A handbook of Turkey in Europe (London: Intelligence Division, Admiralty; 1917)'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:98v, 107r:170v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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