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(5) Commercial Establishments ,
The offices of the KUWAIT Oil Company {see also ar e a a
American Mission. The company intends to uec and food The Oil Company's
concentration point in emergency -th company h s con-
water pumping station is at SHEWAllv, z 2 anf i Dum ned through a pipe-line to
structed a quay there and water is lane e 10m g British and Americans, the
MAQWA. There is a small commumty-about UK) in Br "sn xh; , r( . arc n0
majority being employees of the KUWA11 Oi ompany ™ ^ sma ii dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. building,
other commercial, shipbuilding or engineering wo w , • , rc [ eren ce is made elsewhere
electric light and ire plants ami soda water factory An East India Company trading post. , to which reference i-
in this section.
Fuelling Facilities
Stocks held at the beginning of 1941 were
Petroleum 2 0'^ga llons -
Lubricating oil •• , o ' aa H ff S "
R^pTef" " AM and 0 oU store is maintained at the
' " ' R.A.F. landing ground.
(6) Aircraft Factories
Nil.
(7) Air Facilities {see also Section IV (3))
Imperial Airways have an agreement with th« Shaikh for the use of the
SHUWAIKH as an emergency alighting area and ahchorage. Ihis s
anchorage as it is well sheltered from the winds.
The RAF landing ground, 950 by 650 yards, is to the east of KUWAI1, just outside
the to£. wl. It has a circle and corner markings and a fuel and 0.1 store - —ined^
R.A.F. unmarked emergency landing grounds exist at AL JAHRi anc .
iust south-west of the oil wells area. r a
A landing ground could be constructed fairly easily a mile south of MAQW A a.nd
the country is such that many natural landing grounds exist all over the state, especia y
the west, north and south-west and includes the lollowing . (
GRAN I .. .. A good landing ground.
WAFRAH .. A good landing ground.
RAS-UZ-ZOR .. Possible landing ground 1 mile north.
RAS BARDHALK.. Possible landing groundmile north.
RAS SAFAN!YAH Possible landing ground 3 miles north-west, sheltered
seaplane anchorage.
(8) War Material Factories
None.
9) Power Plants
Two electric light engines, one 50 h.p. and one 2 d h.p. (250 volts D.C.).
There is one ice plant of small capacity which is scarcely sufficient to meet the piesent
demands of civilians, and a soda water factory An East India Company trading post. , run by private enterprise under official control.
(10) Transport Facilities
There is no railway. _
The B.I.S.N. Co. "Slow Mails" between BOMBAY and BASRA call at KUWAIT
weekly on their passage up and down the Gulf.
There are 10 motor lorries and 70 touring cars available in the town for hire. Ihe
KUWAIT-IRAQ Transport Company maintain a regular bi-weekly service in each direction
between KUWAIT and BASRA for mails and passengers.
There are no metalled roads. v
Transport to the interior is normally by car and camel. Local roads, and those to the
hinterland, are of sand and gravel, and are generally merely tracks, connecting groups of wells,
it is easily possible to visit all the important points on the frontier by car, especially during
the rainy season (October to March), when the sand and gravel surface of the hinterland
improves. Camels in any quantity can be bought, but not hired. AlSout 200 donkeys could
be hired from KUWAIT and JAHRA.