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IOR/X/3235
- Record Id:
- 040-002431687
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-002238108
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000010655.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023419823.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/X/3235
- Title:
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‘Plan of Ras-ul-Girreff shewing the junction with the proposed line of works across the Isthmus with the Tunnel and projected Scarping and ultimate Batteries on the hill’ and ‘Plan of Gibul Hudeed and the end of the Spur from Durub-ul-Hosh shewing the junction with the projected line of works across the Isthmus with the ultimate Defences on Gibul Hudeed and the Pier’
- Scope & Content:
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Distinctive Features:
Compiled and signed by a Special Committee on the Aden Defences formed of Engineers William Jacob and C.W. Grant, Bombay 11th September 1843.
Relief shown by shading.
Shows proposed road and tunnel connecting the two portions of lines with a section through the tunnel. Plans are lettered for reference with corresponding sections showing different parts of the fort and measurements reported. Also include ground plans of large Casemated Work on the Summit of Jubbal Huddeed and of the Casemated Work on the Slope of Ras-ul-Girreff, and ‘Isometric projection of Work A’.
Inscriptions:
Bottom right-hand corner:
‘True Copy J.A. Curtis Lieut. Exect. Eng. Aden’.
On verso is an annotation: ‘Enclosure No. 3 In Bombay Secret No. 7 1844. Reced. in Southampton 13 March 1844’.
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002238107
036-002238108
040-002431687 - Is part of:
- IOR/X : India Office reference collection of maps
IOR/X/1-4999 : Maps described in the 1878 published catalogue
IOR/X/3235 : ‘Plan of Ras-ul-Girreff shewing the junction with the proposed line of works across the Isthmus with the Tunnel and projected… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002238107[0001]/036-002238108[0152]/040-002431687
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/X
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 2 plans on 1 sheet
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000010655.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1844
- End Date:
- 1844
- Date Range:
- 1844
- Era:
- CE
- Scale:
- Scale not given
- Scale Designator:
- Horizontal
- Coordinates (Decimal):
- 44.964621,12.749334,45.082212,12.820913
- Coordinates (Degree):
- E 44°57’53”-E 45°4’56”/N 12°49’15”-N 12°44’58”
- Orientation:
- North
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials:
Pen and ink with wash on paper
Dimensions:
844 x 1258 mm
- Former External References:
- U.I.11
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)