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Reference (shelfmark):: WOMAT/AFR/ABY/60
Title:: Lake Tana Survey and List of Surrounding Churches. Created by 'The J.G. White Engineering Corporation'
Scope & Content:: Map sheets with graphic index covering Lake Tana in north-western Abyssinia; includes associated list of churches. Produced as part of a survey for a proposed dam.
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1933-34
Extent:: 11 map sheets and 22 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: WOMAT/AFR/ABY/60/1
Title:: 'Survey of Lake Tana.' - War Office ledger
Scope & Content:: Reproductions of 6 original sheets covering Lake Tana (except the centre) and the surrounding land area to approximately 2 miles from the shore. Portrays hydrology, relief by contours and spot heights, roads, churches and place names.
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1933-1934
Extent:: 10 map sheets

Reference (shelfmark):: WOMAT/AFR/ABY/60/2
Title:: 'General Map as Index.' - War Office ledger
Scope & Content:: Graphic index portraying the map sheets at ABY/60/1, although there are some minor inconsistencies in sheet limits. Portrays hydrology, roads, churches, place names and sheetlines, and includes tables of lake extent for selected lake surface elevations.
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1933-1934
Extent:: 1 map sheet

Reference (shelfmark):: WOMAT/AFR/ABY/60/3
Title:: List of Churches Located Near Lake Tsana.
Scope & Content:: Numbered list of churches cross-referenced to the map sheets at ABY/60/1 and ABY/60/2. Includes the elevation of each church together with details of its structural condition, internal decoration and accessibility at times of high lake levels. The title page bears the statements 'Appendix II' a...
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1934
Extent:: 22 folios

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