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'IRAQ AND THE PERSIAN GULF' [377v] (757/862)
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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588 COMMUNICATIONS
out of date for war-time working, it is uncertain to what extent recent
improvements will be permanent.
Locomotives
The following table gives the number and type of locomotives in
use in November 1940.
Tractive
effort
Maximum
axle-load
No.
Type
lb.
(tons)
Metre gauge
48
4 - 6-0
15,778
9
5
4 - 6-0
15,957
9
Standard gauge
3
2 - 6-0
(Class 600 )
27,535
15-79
7
2 - 8-0
(Class 800 )
37,765
1579
There were
also four modern Pacific type locomotives
on order
from England. The specification for these was to haul 400-500-ton
express trains on the Baghdad-Tel Kotchek run at speeds of 60-65
m.p.h. on the level and at 30 m.p.h. on gradients of 1 in 125. The new
locomotives, which were completed in 1941, are powerful stream
lined oil-fired express 4-6-2 locomotives, and were built by Robert
Stephenson & Hawthorns, Ltd., of Darlington, with oil capacity of
7 tons (1,750 gals.) and water capacity of 6,000 gallons. The total
weight of engine and tender is 158 tons 17 cwt. (photo. 234).
Rolling-stock
So many additions and transfers on loan have been made to the
rolling-stock on Iraqi railways in recent years for military purposes
that it is impossible to give any up-to-date list of what is now available
or of what is likely to be retained after the war.
The Hull Bridge over the Shaft al Arab at Maqil (Basra)
(photos. 235, 236)
This bridge connects Maqil with Tanuma and is designed for both
metre-gauge railway and road with loads up to 61 tons, at the same
time allowing for the passage of river-craft. There is a maximum
difference in water-leftel of about 12 feet between low tide in the low-
water season and high tide in the flood season. There is no rock for
abutments or piers, so that piles have to be driven into the alluvium
to great depths.
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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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- Title
- 'IRAQ AND THE PERSIAN GULF'
- Pages
- 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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