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'IRAQ AND THE PERSIAN GULF' [376v] (755/862)
The record is made up of 1 volume (430 folios). It was created in 1944. 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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586 COMMUNICATIONS
The Southern District, with approximate total track mileage of 397
(route mileage 353), includes all the metre-gauge system south of a
point half a mile from Baghdad West station. The District Engineer
with headquarters at Baghdad vVest controls two Assistant Engineers
stationed at Maqil and Diwaniya. Presumably the standard-gauge
line from Shalchiya to Hindiya is also within his district and its track
mileage added to the total.
The Central District covers the Baghdad area on both sides of the
river, the standard-gauge line to mile 54, that is, about 5 miles beyond
Balad, and the metre-gauge line from Baghdad North to Khanaqin
and Kirkuk. The new line from Kut to Baquba (125-3 miles) is also
presumably within this district. Excluding this new line the total
track mileage was about 300 in November 1940 (route mileage 272).
The Central District Engineer at Baghdad West controls two
Assistant Engineers at Baghdad West and Jaloula junction.
The Northern District covers the standard-gauge line from mile 54
to the Syrian boundary at Tel Kotchek. Total track mileage is about
300 (route mileage 276). The District Engineer and one Assistant
Engineer are stationed at Mosul; a second Assistant Engineer is at
Baiji.
Subordinate superintendence is carried out by Permanent Way
Inspectors, each in charge of about 100 miles of track, and each with
two Assistant P.W.I.s. Each of the latter has charge of 8 gangs, each
consisting of 1 mate, 1 keyman, and 8 men, who have about 6 miles of
track to maintain. The total thus employed in normal times averaged
about i-6 men per mile.
Workshops and Repair Shops (fig. 79)
The main workshops for both gauges are at Shalchiya, 2f miles
north-west of Baghdad West, and were designed for general repairs
to 48 locomotives a year. They are well planned, and the equip
ment of tools and the electrical department are up to date and
efficient. Current from the generating station at Shalchiya is carried
to Baghdad West for lighting the railway offices and quarters, and for
pumping. A rectifier at Baghdad West converts the current from
A.C. to D.C., and there is also an emergency generating set. Develop
ments since 1940 are not available for publication.
Running and repair sheds are at the following stations:
Southern District: Maqil and Samawa.
Central District: Baghdad West, Baghdad North, Jaloula junction,
and Kirkuk (very limited).
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The volume is titled Iraq and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (London: Naval Intelligence Division, 1944).
The report contains preliminary remarks by the Director of Naval Intelligence, 1942 (John Henry Godfrey) and the Director of Naval Intelligence, 1944 (E G N Rushbrook).
There then follows thirteen chapters:
- I. Introduction.
- II. Geology and description of the land.
- III. Coasts of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
- IV. Climate, vegetation and fauna.
- V. History.
- VI. People.
- VII. Distribution of the people.
- VIII. Administration and public life.
- IX. Public health and disease.
- X. Irrigation, agriculture, and minor industry.
- XI. Currency, finance, commerce and oil.
- XII. Ports and inland towns.
- XIII. Communications.
- Appendices: stratigraphy; meteorological tables; ten historical sites, chronological table; weights and measures; authorship, authorities and maps.
There follows a section listing 105 text figures and maps and a section listing over 200 illustrations.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (430 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume is divided into a number of chapters, sub-sections whose arrangement is detailed in the contents section (folios 7-13) which includes a section on text-figures and maps, and list of illustrations. The volume consists of front matter pages (xviii), and then a further 682 pages in the original pagination system.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 430; 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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- 'IRAQ AND THE PERSIAN GULF'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:253r, 254r, 255r:429v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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