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TRIG/54
- Record Id:
- 040-003451263
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003440772
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100078087083.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- TRIG/54
- Title:
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Palestine Survey Records: Triangulation in Beersheba Area 1946
- Scope & Content:
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Comprises the following, compiled by various Royal Engineers Field Survey companies and Survey of Palestine:
2 exercise books (21 x 16cm) titled 'Intersections Original' containing computations for station intersections and resections. Dated 1946. Also 1 original envelope. (Folio-K3-345; Box-FR-K3-17; Cn 301 D)
38 folios of station descriptions. Dated 1921-1946. Also 1 original envelope. (Folio-K3-342; Box-FR-K3-342; Cn 301 D)
'List of Co-ordinates'. 2 folios. Dated 1946. (Folio-K3-342; Box-FR-K3-342; Cn 301 D)
2 folders (35 x 22cm) 'Triangulation in Beersheba Area 1946. Coord Lists and Diagram.' Diagram titled 'Minor Trig. Block 'E'', scale 1:100,000, manuscript: coloured ink on tracing paper; 24 x 69cm. (Folio-K3-341; Folio-K3-339; Box-FR-K3-17; M.E. Trig Diagram 499.; Cn 301 D).
1 folder of 'Original Computations'. Dated 1946. (Cn 301 D)
'History of Rafah Road Job'. Report, typescript, 15 pages. Dated 1947. (Cn 301 D(1)).
'Original Records'. Index and lists of coordinates. Bromide copies, stapled, white on black. 12 pages. (38 x 24cm). Dated 1948? Also 1 original envelope. (M.E. Trig. Folio No. 885A; Roll No 1284; Cn 301 D(2)).
Station Abstracts and Office Abstracts. Bromide copies, stapled, white on black. 80 pages. (38 x 24cm). Dated 1948? (Roll No 1284; Cn 301 D(3)-(4)).
Height Computations. Bromide copies, stapled, white on black. 37 pages. Dated 1948? (38 x 24cm). (Roll No 1284; Cn 301 D(5)).
Survey Station Descriptions. Bromide copies, stapled, white on black. 4 sets of stapled pages: 51 pages, 54 pages, 58 pages and 47 pages. (38 x 24cm). Dated 1948? (Roll No 1284; Cn 301 D(6)).
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003440772
040-003451263 - Is part of:
- TRIG : War Office/Ministry of Defence Trigonometrical/Geodetic Library Material
TRIG/54 : Palestine Survey Records: Triangulation in Beersheba Area 1946 - Hierarchy:
- 032-003440772[0054]/040-003451263
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: TRIG
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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2 volumes, 354 pages, 40 folios, 3 folders and 3 envelopes
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Arabic
English - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1921
- End Date:
- 1949
- Date Range:
- 1921-1948?
- Era:
- CE
- Coordinates (Decimal):
- 34.0000,33.4000,36.0000,29.4000
- Coordinates (Degree):
- E 34°0’0”-E 36°0’0”/N 29°24’0”-N 33°24’0”
- Orientation:
- North
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Printed, with manuscript additions in coloured ink, pencil and crayon; 38 x 69cm or smaller
- Former External References:
- Box-FR-K3-17
Box-FR-K3-342
Cn 301 D
Cn 301 D(1)
Cn 301 D(2)
Cn 301 D(3)-(4)
Cn 301 D(5)
Cn 301 D(6)
Folio-K3-339
Folio-K3-341
Folio-K3-342
Folio-K3-345
M.E. Trig. Diagram 499
M.E. Trig. Folio 885A
Roll No 1284 - Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Royal Engineers, 1717-
Survey of Palestine, 1920-1948 - Places:
- Beersheba, Southern, Israel
Palestine, Middle East, Asia
Rafah, Gaza - Related Material:
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A comprehensive account of the mapping of the Survey of Palestine 1920-1948 is given in:
- Dov Gavish, A Survey of Palestine under the British Mandate, 1920-1948 (London: Routledge Curzon, 2005