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'File 13/1 Silting of Dubai Creek' [4r] (7/50)
The record is made up of 1 file (23 folios). It was created in 23 Dec 1939-7 Jun 1941. 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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Confidential>
No•G/181-6/3•
Sharjah,
20th February 194lo
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Will you please refer to my demi-official letter
No.G/45-6/3 dated the 16th January 1941.
2. I enclose a copy of Whitteran's report and a sketch map
(.not to scale; which I hope will make it clearer. You will notice
that, except for the demand for an aerial photograph, the report
is non-committal. This is not surprising in view of the fact that
it is based on data obtained only from about forty lead-
soundings
Measurements of the depth of a body of water.
and one day's inspection. At the same time, there can be no quarrel
with his conclusions, that the silting of the sea-bar constitutes
a serious and direct menance to the prosperity of the town end that
the Hattai Bank and the silting caused by the jetty may between .
them ruin the alighting area in the not too distant future.
3. I have discussed the question at length with Captain
White, who is an ex-master mariner of experience and was associated'
with vVhitteron when the latter was inspecting the creek. As a
result, it is my duty to bring the following points to your notice.
4. In general, water and tides are tricky things and their
behaviour in these parts is complicated by the strong winds that
are so prevalent. This being so, it is quite possible that the
proposed spurs may produce most unfortunate results. Uo doubt they
will divert the ebb tide over the Hattai Bank and in time wash away
at least part of it. But this silt must go somewhere and as shown
by the pencilled arrows, it may tend to fill up the present deep
water channel. Furthermore, a diversion, as proposed, of the
direction of the ebb tide may cause a deposit of silt from the
Daira shallows in the deep water opposite Gray,Lackenzie 1 s building
The iiattai bank is already 2 feet out of water at low tide and only !
about 18 inches under it at high tide. It is doubtful if the spurs /
Major R.G.E.Alban,O.B.E.,
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
,Bahrain.
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The correspondence in the file is related to the silting up of a creek at Dubai, which is of potential concern for flying boats following the Arab coast route, if they want to stop at Dubai. The file contains an assessment of the creek, made in 1941, by a chartered civil engineer named Bernard Whitteron, assessing the creek and proposing options for dredging and preventing future build-up of silt. The report also contains a hand drawn map of the creek, indicating the creek's deep water channel, unusual shallows, and other features including the Gray MacKenzie office buildings, jetty, and tower (folios 6-11).
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- 1 file (23 folios)
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The contents of the file have been arranged in approximate chronological order, running from the earliest items at the front of the file to the latest at the end.
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Foliation: The main foliation system starts on the front cover and runs to the inside back cover, using circled pencil numbers in the top-right corner of each recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. . There is a second foliation system which uses uncircled numbers in the top-right corner of each folio, and runs from the first item in the file to folio 23.
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- IOR/R/15/2/506
- Title
- 'File 13/1 Silting of Dubai Creek'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:5v, 12r:24v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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