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IOR/X/432/1-5
- Record Id:
- 040-003456895
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-002238108
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100081966143.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/X/432/1-5
- Title:
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Mutlah River in the vicinity of Canning
- Scope & Content:
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Maps, plans and cross-sections relating to a 5-mile stretch of the River Mutlah at Canning in Bengal, north-east India in connection with the proposed construction of Port Canning. Sheets portray hydrology including sands and soundings, river banks including details of slippage and sites requiring protection, jetties and place names. Details of individual sheets as follows (taken from India Office map catalogue):
X/432/1
No. 1. Plan of Part of the River Mutlah (near Canning Town with Soundings). [Scale 1:36,000; size 39 x 33cm.] On tracing cloth. MS.
X/432/2
No. 2 Plan showing a part of the River Mutlah at Port Canning, the bank of which requires protection immediately. Taken from the survey by Messrs. Sieveking and Downes in 1836. Calcutta, 1866. [Scale 1:4,800; size 50 x 65cm. Lithograph by H.M. Smith with MS additions in watercolour. Verso bears note relating to Government of Bengal Public Works Department.]
X/432/3
No. 3 Section of River at ort Canning. See Plan No.1. [Scale 1:1,200; size 72 x 94cm.]. On tracing cloth. MS.
X/432/4
No. 4B. Design of Quay Wall suggested in Report. [Horizontal and vertical scale 1:480; size 49 x 63cm. Lithograph by H.M. smith with MS additions in watercolour.]
X/432/5
No. 5. Section at Railway Jetty. [Horizontal and vertical scale 1:96; size 57 x 93cm]. [MS on tracing cloth.]
Sheets 1, 3 and 5 signed ?MBL.
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002238107
036-002238108
040-003456895 - Is part of:
- IOR/X : India Office reference collection of maps
IOR/X/1-4999 : Maps described in the 1878 published catalogue
IOR/X/432/1-5 : Mutlah River in the vicinity of Canning - Hierarchy:
- 032-002238107[0001]/036-002238108[0033]/040-003456895
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/X
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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5 map sheets
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1865
- End Date:
- 1867
- Date Range:
- 1866?
- Era:
- CE
- Scale:
- Scales differ
- Scale Designator:
- Horizontal
- Coordinates (Decimal):
- 88.6542,22.3011,88.7000,22.3367
- Coordinates (Degree):
- E 88°39’15”-E 88°42’0”/N 22°20’12”-N 22°18’4”
- Orientation:
- Various
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Printed (sheets 2 and 4B only) with manuscript additions in coloured ink and watercolour; 72 x 94cm or smaller
- Former External References:
- 98
A X 36
A X 37
A X 38
A X 39
A X 40
Govt Bengal P.W.D. Nr 2114
Nr 6588 of 1866
Nr 91 of 1866 - Material Type:
- Maps and Plans
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Downes, -, surveyor, fl 1836
H.M. Smith, lithographer, Calcutta, India, Mid 19th century
Sieveking, -, surveyor, fl 1836 - Places:
- Bengal, India
Canning, Bengal, India
India, Asia - Related Material:
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Reference to this item is made in:
- India Office, A Catalogue of Manuscript and Printed Reports, Field Books, Memoirs, Maps, etc., of The Indian Surveys, deposited in The Map Room of the India Office (London: India Office, 1878) pp.104-105 and filed at Maps 212.a.5.