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'Transvaal Manoeuvre Area. Surveyed by Capt. C. St B. Sladen Royal].E[ngineers]. & Lt. K.W. Lee R[oyal].F[ield].A[rtillery]. 1910/11.' - War Office ledger
Scope & Content:
Survey and compilation materials of the Transvaal Manoeuvre Area in central southern Transvaal.
'Transvaal Manoeuvre Area. South-G-35'. Index to sheets
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Graphic index portraying sheetlines within sheet area South-G-35. Portrays extent of field sheets (WOOS/20/2/1), compilation traces (WOOS/20/3) and Potchefstrom and Pretoria radius maps (WOOS/20/4 and WOOS/20/5 respectively). The field sheets have been categorised as 'os' or 'gs'. The index is a ...
Original field sheets, enlarged duplicates and tracings. Sheets portray hydrology, relief by spot heights and approximate contours, railways, roads and tracks, telegraph lines, settlements and isolated buildings, place names, vegetation and cultivation, field boundaries, water sources and trian...
A collection of photo-enlargements of the field sheets at WOOS/20/2/1; some are direct enlargements, some are fragments of sheets, others are composites; some also have manuscript additions. Some bear the signature of Sapper J.E. Howard R.E., reproduced from the original.
Sheets numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16a, 16b, 17, 18 and 'Johannesburg'. Sheets signed variously by Sapper/Lance Corporal A MacRae R.E., Sapper R. Spencer R.E. and Sapper J.E. Howard R.E., and checked variously by Captain E.W. Cox R.E. with contributions from Majo...
The traces were used in the compilation of series GSGS 2230 and GSGS 2618, filed at Maps 63510.(173.) and Maps MOD GSGS 2230. All sheets are part of block South G-35. Individual traces are sheets I-IV, J-IV, K-III, O-II, P-II, P-III and Q-I. The traces are at various stages of completion. All s...
Compilation traces: scale 1,000 Cape roods to 1 inch
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The traces were used in the compilation of the Transvaal Degree Sheet Series produced by the Surveyor-General, Transvaal, filed at Maps 67352.(2.). All traces are part of block South G-35. Individual traces are sheets P-I, P-II and Q-III. (Note: The published series did not always use this numbe...
Three reports, giving details of the physical and cultural landscape, as follows: 'Report on Vereeniging' sheet P-IV by Captain C. St Barbe Sladen R.E. 2 folios, recto only. 'Report on Heidelberg' sheet Q-III by Captain C. St Barbe Sladen R.E. 2 folios, recto only. 'General Note Vereeniging' she...
