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51. IOR/L/PS/18/C52

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C52
Title:
Note on a Railway for Southern Persia, by Colonel E.C.S. Williams, C.I.E., R.E.
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a note written by Colonel Edward Charles Sparshott Williams, Deputy Government Director of Indian Guaranteed Railway Companies, in which the author assesses the practicalities and costs of constructing a number of alternative proposed river and rail routes, designed to impro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Jun 1886
Extent:

1 file (1 folio)

52. IOR/L/PS/18/C53

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C53
Title:
Railways in Southern Persia. Note by Colonel E.C.S. Williams, R.E., C.I.E.
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a note written by Colonel Edward Charles Sparshott Williams, in which the author assesses the new practicalities and costs introduced by the Persian Government's desire to extend the proposed construction of a railway all the way from Mohamerah [Khorramshahr] to Teheran [Teh...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Oct 1886
Extent:

1 file (1 folio)

53. IOR/L/PS/18/C54

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C54
Title:
'NOTE ON PERSIA.'
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a note written by Owen Tudor Burne, Secretary, Political and Secret Department, India Office, in which the author suggests ways to improve relations between the Shah of Persia and the British Government in order to limit the influence of the Russian Government in Persia. Th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Feb 1887
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

54. IOR/L/PS/18/C152

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C152
Title:
Quetta-Seistan Railway
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a report by the Secretary of State for India [Joseph Austen Chamberlain], which is addressed to the Prime Minister [Herbert Henry Asquith]. The report concerns a proposal, made by the Commander-in-Chief in India [Sir Beauchamp Duff], to extend the Quetta–Nushki railway to S...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Jul 1916-4 Aug 1916
Extent:

1 file (6 folios)

55. IOR/L/PS/18/C179

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C179
Title:
Mesopotamia Administration Committee. Proposed extension of Quetta-Nushki-Dalbandin railway.
Scope & Content:
This file concerns the Government of India's proposed extension of the Quetta-Nushki-Dalbandin railway westwards to Mirjawa [Mīrjāveh]. It consists of the following: five telegrams between the Viceroy of India [Frederic John Napier Thesiger] and the Secretary of State for India [Edwin Samuel Mon...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Jun 1917-18 Aug 1917
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

56. IOR/L/PS/20/263

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/263
Title:
Report and Proceedings of a Sub-Committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence on the Baghdad Railway, Southern Persia, and the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The volume contains the following minutes and proceedings: First Meeting, 2 March 1908. Evidence of Sir Richmond Thackeray Willoughby Ritchie. Second Meeting, 6 March 1908. Evidence of Sir J Mackay. Third Meeting, 11 March 1908. Evidence of Mr Frank Clark Strick and Mr E Lloyd. Fourth Meeting, 1...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1909
Extent:

1 volume (162 folios)

57. Photo 1113(240)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1113(240)
Title:
Osc-whim, The Cutting. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View of railways cutting for log winding?; original negative only, no print.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

58. Photo 1178(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1178(1)
Title:
Haputale Railway. Temporary bridge and new 16 feet culvert at 15¾ miles — June 1893. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
View looking towards the temporary bridge and culvert, with a locomotive in the centre of the span and railway labourers posed at the foot of the bridge.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jun 1893
Extent:
1 item

59. Photo 1178(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1178(2)
Title:
Haputale Railway. Ohiya Station — June 1893. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
View looking along the line towards the station, with a train drawn up at the platform and wooded hills rising in the background.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jun 1893
Extent:
1 item

60. Photo 1178(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1178(3)
Title:
Haputale Railway. Demodara Oya Bridge. 2 spans of 80 feet at 14M - 22 chs., June 1893. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
View looking down onto the two-span girder bridge across the stream, with two Europeans seated on a railway trolley in the centre.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jun 1893
Extent:
1 item