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'Military Report on The Anglo-Iranian Oil Company's (South Iranian) Oilfield Area' [16r] (40/150)
The record is made up of 1 volume (69 folios). It was created in 1940. 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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19
It appears that sufficient barges will almost always be avail
able in Abadan for all military requirements for a small force of
(sav) one brigade, and that it will be extra steamers only, during
the winter, that will be required from Basra.
Sec,. 5. RAILWAYS, (a) Light Railway, Dar-i-Khazineh to
Md-md-i-Rnleiman —single line 2' 6 " gauge length 36 miles of 40
miles including sidings. Rails 30 lbs. B. S. F. B„ (old section).
Steel sleepers to which rails are secured by steel keys. "Track
ballasted with sandstone and river shingle. Curves 5° to 45°.
Maximum grade 3-2%. There are 3 main bridge Hopkins
Truss type of spans lOo, 120 and 120 feet. The line follows the
metalled road from Dar-i-Khazineh towards Masjid-i-Suleiman
to Abgah after which it turns south-east following the Tembi
river to Tembi Power Station and thence runs to Masjid-i-
Suleiman and Chashm-i-Ali. There are stations at D. 1. K.
Abgah (12 miles) Batwand (16 miles) Tembi (27 miles) M. I. S.
(32 miles) Chashm-i-Ali (36 miles). The average time taken from
D. I. K. to Chashm-i-Ali is 4£ hours.
From D. I. K. to Abgah and from Tembi to M. I. S. the
maximum useful lift per train is 45 tons ; between Abgah and
Tembi 85 tons.
At present the A. I. O. C. run an average of one train per
day moving 60 tons from end to end. The maximum ever
moved by them in one month is 3,600 tons, or 120 tons average
per day. The number of trains per day using daylight hours
only can be increased to 4 in the summer or 3 in the winter.
Over the limiting section, therefore, this means a maximum
of 180 tons per day in summer, or 135 tons in winter. Assum
ing A. I. O. C. average requirements to be 60 tons a day,
a maximum of approximately 120 tons a day in summer and 75
tons in winter would be available for military purposes.
Locomotives burn oil fuel. Details of locomotives and
^ rolling stock are given in Appendix XL
( 6 ) Southern Section Trans-Iran Railway .—Single line
standard gauge (4' HhJ'). (The line is for fast and continuous
traffic from Bandar Shahpur to Salehabad (Andimishk) just
south of Dizful, a distance of about 150 miles. The line is
“ through ” for traffic to Tehran.
All bridges and culverts are steel or concrete, with a parti
cularly fine British built steel girder bridge of 51 spans across
the Karun river at Ahwaz. The stations between Bandar
Shahpur and Salehabad (Andimishk) are shown on Map 1.
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Military report compiled at the General Staff, Army Headquarters, India, and printed in Simla by The Manager, Government of India Press, 1940.
The volume begins with a preface (folio 3) in which notes on authorities consulted in compiling the report are given. The rest of the report is divided into nine chapters (I-IX), plus appendices, each covering a different subject, as follows:
- Chapter I: General Description of the Area
- Chapter II: Climate
- Chapter III: Population
- Chapter IV: Base Ports
- Chapter V: Lines of Communication and Transportation Facilities
- Chapter VI: Signal Communications
- Chapter VII: Economic Resources and Supplies
- Chapter VIII: Engineer and Ordnance Facilities
- Chapter IX: Medical Facilities
- Appendices
In a pocket at the back of the volume are the following maps and charts:
- Abadan and Bawarda (map) (folio 64)
- Naseri and Ahwaz, showing new bridge (map) (folio 65)
- Dar-i-Khazineh (map) (folio 66)
- Diagram of wireless communications (map) (folio 67)
- Sketch map showing flood water, February-March 1938 (folio 68)
- Road distance mileage chart (folio 69)
- Comparative bridge loading table (folio 70)
One of the maps listed in the contents is missing: 'Map of A. I. O. C. [Anglo-Iranian Oil Company] Central and Southern areas showing oilfields, pipelines, telephone and telegraph lines'.
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- 1 volume (69 folios)
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There is a contents page at the front of the volume (ff 5-6) which refers to the volume's original pagination.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 71; 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. Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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