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'Military Report on The Anglo-Iranian Oil Company's (South Iranian) Oilfield Area' [54v] (117/150)
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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90
Line capacity 205/300 k. v. a. transformed down to 440
and ‘ 220 volts at Ahwaz.
(e) ENGINEERING FACILITIES. —Fairly well equipped
railway workshops. No constructional stores.
There is an ex-workshop building which could be made
available for plant imported from other sources. There are
also six empty sheds which could be used for storage accom
modation.
(/) LABOUR. —No organised labour is available. Much
of the casual labour which is available has had experience with
railways or A. I. O. C. Two thousand men could be recruited
within 48 hours or 5,000 within a week for temporary or
permanent duty. >
(g) COLD STORAGE. —There is no cold storage. A. I.
O. C. have a small ice machine which is only sufficient for
their own needs. There are one or two local contractors who
could probably supply one or two tons of ice daily.
2. DAR-I-KHAZINEH. (a) WHARF FACILITIES.—
Length of wharf 150 to 200 feet. Can take 5-ton axle loads.
Access to the wharf is by good metalled roads and the light
railway. The wharf is occasionally submerged during periods
of floods—say, once in 5 years.
Two cranes serve the barges. One 15-ton Scotch derrick
and one 10-ton travelling crane. A. I. O. C. can supply drivers.
(6) ACCOMMODATION. —Very limited accommodation
exists within the A. I. O. C. area and there is suitable additional
space adjacent thereto. •
Buildings suitable for offices would be available. Sites
are easily accessible to roads, light railway and drinking water
(river).
It is very unlikely that any of the available space will be
built over in the future, but if it were, there is ample additional
space close by.
It is possible that some of the existing buildings will be
removed during the next few years, but if so it will create addi
tional space for depots or camp sites.
(c) WATER. —The existing pij>ed supply would be in
sufficient for military requirements which would have to be
withdrawn from the river.
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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'.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (69 folios)
- Arrangement
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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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:7v, 8ar, 8r:8v, 9ar, 9r:12v, 12av, 13ar, 13r:63v, 69r:70v, back-i
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