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'Railways and L. of C. [Lines of Communication] Policy Mesopotamia, Vol IV' [117r] (233/270)
The record is made up of 1 file (132 folios). It was created in 4 Oct 1919-9 Dec 1920. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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dasrah and Basrhdad will be eutabliehed in October or
Goreteber.
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flrauspe.
rhe aonverBion of the Baghdad-HiHah line to metre
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ihoueh on the fane of it u retrograde step ± think
this is neoeeeary. A transhipment et Ba^hdud where most
of the traffic will originate or terminate *ill not be a
#reat inoonwenienoe # while a break of aranffe at Hillah would
s-erioualy reduce the efficiency of the Basra-Baghdad line.
Moreover this plan will ^ive for the time bein*
a continuous metre w.ee line from Basrah to khanikln. It
will also enable us to concentrate into one central workshop
at Baghdad all Locomotive^ and Carriage and V«a*on work both
standard and metre gauge.
2bere can be no doubt that the cost of a
transhipment yard at Hillah, the annual cofcit of transhipment
itself, and the maintenance of separate metre gauge Loco
Chops on the Basrah-Hilluh system, would cost more than the
conversion of the Baghdad-Hillah line and its eventual
re-conversion to standard gauge.
The conversion of the Baghdad-Hillah line will if
possible bo carried out so that it will be complete by the time
the Ur-Hillah link is finished.
Terminal metre gauge station at Baghdad.
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It is proposed to locate this alongside the
standard gauge station of the Baghdad-Samarrah line, and the
General layout of the station yard, transhipment yard and
engine ehed is being based on the aswuumtion that both
standard snd metre gauge lines will be under the tame
ariminiutration. Should the existing Baghdad*Sararr&h line
be under u separate administration it might be necessary to
modify the arrangements proposed.
*he station yard with the Loco bhed &o will be
carried out simultaneously with (2) and {3) above.
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The file, marked secret, contains correspondence, notes, and maps regarding rail transportation in Mesopotamia [Iraq] and the surrounding region after the First World War. The papers cover several matters, including:
- The construction, conversion, maintenance, and expansion of the railways in the region, including regular progress reports from the Director of Railways, Baghdad
- Planning, reconnaissance, and surveying for a proposed direct Baghdad-Haifa ('Trans-Arabian') line
- Costs and expenditure
- Transition from military to civil administration.
Correspondents include: the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Mesopotamia; the Director of Railways, Baghdad; the War Office; the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Egypt; and the Civil Commissioner, Baghdad.
The file contains two maps, both showing railway lines in the region (folios 132-133). The file also includes a newspaper cutting of an article on the Baghdad-Basra railway, from The Pioneer Mail , dated 5 December 1919 (folio 92).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (132 folios)
- Arrangement
The file is arranged in chronological order, from the rear to the front.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 134; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel; these numbers are written in coloured crayon.
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- IOR/L/MIL/5/790
- Title
- 'Railways and L. of C. [Lines of Communication] Policy Mesopotamia, Vol IV'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:91v, 93r:131v, 134r, 135v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence