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Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/PS/18/C208
Title:: Persian Baluchistan (including the Sarhad and Persian Mekran) The Quetta-Nushki extension railway
Scope & Content:: The memorandum is concerned with Persian Baluchistan, specifically focusing on Mekran [Makran] and Sarhad, which are regarded as being of particular geopolitical interest to Britain's Indian Empire. It includes a brief description of these regions, outlines local British activities during the Fi...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 8 May 1922
Extent:: 1 file (17 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/PS/20/64, f 43
Title:: 'MAP SHOWING PROPOSED BAGHDAD RAILWAY'
Scope & Content:: The map shows a region encompassing parts of Russia, Persia, Arabia and the Ottoman Empire, indicating the routes of proposed and existing railway lines. The map also shows hydrology, topography and major cities and towns. The map is Plate 2 in 'Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman' (Naval Intelligenc...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1903
Extent:: 1 map

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/PS/20/212, f 28
Title:: SKETCH MAP SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION IN CHINA IN 1908
Scope & Content:: The sketch map shows the progress of railway construction in China in 1908. It is marked with open railways and those proposed and under construction, and includes southern Siberia, and Mongolia. It is used to accompany a summary of principal events in 1908 by Wilfrid Malleson, Assistant Quarter...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: April 1909
Extent:: 1 map

Reference (shelfmark):: Maps 6.c.42(37)
Title:: Strasbourg, vue du pont en réparation, et du tunnel. Photographer: Braun, Jean Adolphe
Scope & Content:: Genre: War Photography View looking down onto the railway line leading to the tunnel mouth at the right (also seen in print 36). The bridge across the moat is under repair.
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1870
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Maps 6.c.42(39)
Title:: Strasbourg, Poudrière près la Gare. Photographer: Braun, Jean Adolphe
Scope & Content:: Genre: War Photography View looking down onto the badly damaged powder magazine, with railway lines in the background.
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1870
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Maps 8.bb.37(195)
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Scope & Content:: Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking across the bay, with a railway line crossing a bridge in the foreground.
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1870s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Maps 8.bb.37(196)
Title:
Scope & Content:: Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the railway line, here running through a cutting, with buildings on either side.
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1870s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Maps 8.bb.37(198)
Title:: Opening of Yokohama Railway Station. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:: Genre: Historical Events View looking along the line towards a triumphal arch. The first railway station at Yokohama, now known as Sakuragicho Station, was opened on 7 May 1872.
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: May 1872
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Maps 8.d.25(58)
Title:: Rattenberg. Photographer: Baldi and Würthle
Scope & Content:: Genre: Landscape Photography View from the railway line running along the bank of the Inn River, looking towards the town of Rattenberg, with the fortress on the hill in the foreground.
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1870-1875
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Maps 8.d.25(76)
Title:: Matrei, Brennerbahn. Photographer: Baldi and Würthle
Scope & Content:: Genre: Landscape Photography General view of Matrei, with buildings situated between the railway (on left) and the road (on right) leading up to the Brenner Pass.
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1870-1875
Extent:: 1 item

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