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'IRAQ AND THE PERSIAN GULF' [379r] (760/862)
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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RAILWAYS
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The bridge was built in 1943 and is divided into two sections by
Coal Island, the total length from shore to shore of the Shatt al Arab
being about 800 yards. The west section between Maqil and Coal
Island is 1,150 feet long, and rests on 113 trestles about 10 feet apart,
each trestle being composed of 4 vertical piles driven below low-
water-level to depths up to 61 feet.
The east section is made up of 430 feet of similar piled trestling,
a 50‘5-foot Inglis span, a po-S-foot sinking-span, a second 50-5^001
Inglis span, and then 220 feet more of piled trestling, making a total
length of about 846 feet. The Inglis spans, which have a clearance of
40-3 feet between piers, permit small mastless river-craft of shallow
draught to pass under the bridge while it is in use by road and rail
traffic. The bridge is broken by submerging the sinking-span below
water-level, to a depth which permits steamers with a draft of 8 feet
to pass over it. The maximum movement necessary for this at low
tide during the low-water season is 28 feet. When submerged there
is a waterway between the sinking-span abutments of 74 feet.
The sinking-span is composed of 4 large box-girders braced to
gether for even distribution of load, weighing about 35 tons in all.
This rests at each end on compound transverse girders, spanning
recesses in the abutment piers. These piers are composed of 34 timber
piles driven to a depth of 74 feet below low-water level, encased in
Larssen coffer dams. Each pier has two steel towers of gantry-like
design which support pulleys for raising and lowering the bridge. To
break the bridge, the sinking-span is raised a few inches, the com
pound girders are withdrawn, and the span is lowered in the abut
ment recesses to the required depth.
The roadway over the pile trestling is 23 ft. 6 in. wide, of asphalt on
timber decking resting on timber road-bearers; that of the Inglis
spans is n feet wide, of asphalt on timber decking on steel joists; that
of the sinking-span is 10 ft. 3 in. wide, of asphalt between joists on
timber baulks.
It is uncertain whether this bridge will be maintained after the war.
Baghdad Railway Wagon Ferry
The distance between Baghdad West and Baghdad North by the
connecting lines and Wagon Ferry is about 4 miles. The ferry, just
north of the town, consists of 2 barges fixed together, taking 48 four-
wheeled wagons, with a total weight of 540 tons. Normal turn-round
takes about 6 hours, but could be decreased with special labour and
lighting arrangements to 5 hours.
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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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