‘Sketch map showing the approximate locations of the BAHREIN OIL Co’s. establishments and other important points.’
IOR/L/PS/12/3930, f 134
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The record is made up of 1 map. It was created in Jan 1939. 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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This sketch map shows the northern part of Bahrein Island [Bahrain Island], Muharrak Island, and Sitra Island. It indicates the approximate locations of establishments of the Bahrein Oil Company [the Bahrein Petroleum Company], including the oil fields, the refinery, the loading lines (pipes) carrying the refined oil from the refinery through a terminal station on Sitra Island to a loading wharf at sea, the water pumping stage and crude oil landing stage, and the personnel camp at Awali.
It also indicates Manama on Bahrein Island and Muharrak Town on Muharrak Island, and shows other features including: the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (AIOC) petrol store; the British Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. ; the power station; the police headquarters; the wireless receiving and direction finding station; the wireless transmitting and cable station; the seaplane alighting area; the Royal Air Force rest house; Jufair Naval Base; and the landing ground on Muharrak Island.
- Extent and format
- 1 map
- Area map covers
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- Scale
- Scale approximately 1:253,471
- Scale designator
- Horizontal
- Orientation
- North
- Degree coordinates
- Top-left: 26° 20' 13.56" N, 50° 22' 20.28" E
Top-right: 26° 20' 13.56" N, 50° 43' 33.6" E
Bottom-left: 26° 0' 2.52" N, 50° 22' 20.28" E
Bottom-right: 26° 0' 2.52" N, 50° 43' 33.6" E - It is part of
- 327 imagesRef: IOR/L/PS/12/3930
- Physical characteristics
Materials: Blueprint on paper
Dimensions: 270 x 211mm on sheet 303 x 247mm
- Written in
- English in Latin script
- Type
- Map
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- 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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- Archive reference
- IOR/L/PS/12/3930, f 134
- Date(s)
- Jan 1939 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Concessions, Oil, Bahrain
- Places
- Bahrain islands
- People & organisations
- Bahrain Petroleum Company
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- IOR/L/PS/12/3930, f 134
- Title
- ‘Sketch map showing the approximate locations of the BAHREIN OIL Co’s. establishments and other important points.’
- Pages
- 134r:134v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence