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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’ [‎1r] (1/2)

The record is made up of 2 plans on 1 sheet. It was created in 1844. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Map Collections.

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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 The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. is an annotation: ‘Enclosure No. 3 In Bombay Secret No. 7 1844. Reced. in Southampton 13 March 1844’.

Extent and format
2 plans on 1 sheet
Area map covers
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Scale
not given
Scale designator
Horizontal
Orientation
North
Degree coordinates
Top-left: 12° 49' 15.29" N, 44° 57' 52.64" E
Top-right: 12° 49' 15.29" N, 45° 4' 55.96" E
Bottom-left: 12° 44' 57.6" N, 44° 57' 52.64" E
Bottom-right: 12° 44' 57.6" N, 45° 4' 55.96" E
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Pen and ink with wash on paper

Dimensions:

844 x 1258 mm

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English in Latin script
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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’ [‎1r] (1/2), British Library: Map Collections, IOR/X/3235, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023419826.0x000002> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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