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File 3142/1903 'Hedjaz Railway' [56r] (118/488)
The record is made up of 1 volume (242 folios). It was created in 1901-1908. It was written in English, French and Turkish, Ottoman. 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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ASIATIC TURKEY.
# CONFIDENTIAL.
[July 27.]
Section 1.
[24952]
No. 1 .
p War Office to Foreign Office.—(Received July 27.)
(Secret.)
THE Director of Military Operations presents his compliments to the
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and begs to forward, for his information, a copy
of a Report on the Hejaz Railway, with three maps,* compiled by Major F. R. Mann sell,
C.M.G., R.A., who has recently returned from a reconnaissance in Syria. One copy of
the Report will be sent to the Military Attache, His Britannic Majesty’s Embassy,
Constantinople.
War Office, July 26, 1907.
Inclosure in No. 1.
Report on the Hejaz Railway by Major Maunsell, R.A., dated July 1907.
Index.
1. The Hejaz Railway—
General progress of the line
Military organization of construction works ; feelings against Christian employes
Terminus, depots, and repairing shops
Rolling-stock, signalling; neglect of rolling-stock
Supply of water to stations; windmill pumps ; coal supply
Defensive station buildings
Receipts, revenue, cost of construction; future plans ..
Improvement of districts since opening up of line .. ..
Country along Hejaz Railway between Maan and Medina
Competition of French lines with Hejaz Railway
Arab tribes along the railway; possibility of invading Central Arabia from the line
Possibility of a line from Maan to Akaba
Jedda-Mecca Railway .. .. .. .. ..
2. Haifa Harbour project
3. Branch lines—
(i.) Amman-Salt .. .. ..
(ii.) Haifa-Acre ..
(iii.) Fule-Nablus-Jerusalem
(iv.) Tel-esh-Shammam-Plain of Sharon-Jaffa
4. The Bagdad Railway in relation to the Syrian railways
5. Proposed connection between Egypt and Euphrates Valley
6. Proposed Central Anatolian Railway .. .. .. .. _ ..
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1. The Hejaz Railway.
General Progress of the Line.
In May 1907 the main line was open for general traffic as far as Tebuk (693 kilom.
from Damascus), and construction trains were running at that time to Kelaat-i-Akhdar
(761 kilom.).
Work has been retarded owing to the construction of a tunnel of 180 metres
near Akhdar, and a bridge of twenty arches over the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
-Atsel, but these are now
open for traffic, and the laying of the rails is being actively pushed beyond Akhdar.
Various parties, comprising altogether 5,000 military workmen, organized into
five battalions, of which two are special railway battalions, are engaged between
Akhdar and Modain-i-Salih.
* Not printed.
[2556 dd —1] B
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This volume contains copies of correspondence between British officials regarding the construction of the Hedjaz [Hijaz] Railway. The correspondence discusses a number of different aspects of the railway including its route, the progress of its construction and donations made towards its construction by members of the Muslim community in India.
A limited amount of the correspondence in the volume is in French, including a copy of a letter sent by Paul Cambon, the French Ambassador in London, to Sir Edward Grey, the Foreign Secretary (folio 15).
The volume contains a number of reports and related information about the railway. Of particular interest are the following:
- A report on the Hejaz Railway by Major Francis Richard Maunsell, dated July 1907 (ff 56-69)
- A memorandum respecting German influence on the Hejaz Railway by George Ambrose Lloyd, 1906 (ff 95-96)
- A list of the principal stations on the Hejaz Railway with approximate distances between Damascus and each station (f 100)
- A map of the Hejaz Railway with list of stations (f 106)
- A report by Mr Teofani Loiso, Vice-Consul at Mersina, based on information provided to him by his son who was employed as an engineer on the railway (ff 105-107)
- A report by Herr Otto von Kapp Kohlstein, a German engineer who inspected the Haifa-Damascus branch of the route and worked on the construction of the Damascus-Maan branch (ff 107-109).
In addition, the volume contains cuttings (and translations) of press articles related to several aspects of the railway and its construction. Also included are two maps. The Turkish (Ottoman) language material consists of the second of these two maps.
The volume includes a divider which gives the year that the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in it arranged by year. This divider is placed at the front of the volume.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (242 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 240; 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. It should be noted that the covers of this volume have not been foliated.
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- English, French and Turkish, Ottoman in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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