‘Proposed Reservation for Refinery, Water Wells & Lines to Sitra. SK-120/1’
IOR/R/15/1/662, f 189
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The record is made up of 1 map. It was created in 1936. 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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Blueprint sketch map dated 7 November 1936 produced by the Bahrein Petroleum Company, enclosed with a letter no. C/560-10/1. This is an updated edition of the map SK-120 dated 3 January 1936 (copy at IOR/R/15/1/662, f 50).
Shows the extent of the various plots of land designated for the refinery site at Sitrah, Bahrain, including an area near Malamir with water wells marked and the 263 acres of added ground south-west of the present parcel. Indicates the location of two 100 feet wide strips of land, one designed for a direct road from the refinery to the Sitra Pier for use in shipping, and another, of the marshland east of the refinery intended as a drainage ditch.
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- 1 map
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- Scale
- Scale approximately 1:12,000
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- Horizontal
- Orientation
- North
- Degree coordinates
- Top-left: 26° 10' 11.33" N, 50° 35' 2.92" E
Top-right: 26° 10' 11.33" N, 50° 41' 1.46" E
Bottom-left: 26° 5' 45.69" N, 50° 35' 2.92" E
Bottom-right: 26° 5' 45.69" N, 50° 41' 1.46" E - It is part of
- 450 imagesRef: IOR/R/15/1/662
- Physical characteristics
Dimensions: 309 x 559 mm, on sheet 331 x 582 mm
- Written in
- English in Latin script
- Type
- Map
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- 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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- IOR/R/15/1/662, f 189
- Date(s)
- 1936 (CE, Gregorian)
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- IOR/R/15/1/662, f 189
- Title
- ‘Proposed Reservation for Refinery, Water Wells & Lines to Sitra. SK-120/1’
- Pages
- 189r:189v
- Author
- Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO)
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