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File 1702/1910 Pt 1 'Railways: Persia; Khoremabad-Dizful-Mohammerah Railway' [265r] (277/546)
The record is made up of 1 item (274 folios). It was created in 1910-1911. 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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circle round the village and skirt the elopes of ^uh Ohavireh
Shah in a W*S#W. direction, rising steadily to about 6800*
when the hill narrows sufficiently to make a tunnel, in all
probability, economical. There is no break in the Ghavireh
Shah range which the Zagheh-Razan road crosses at 7200* and
the descent on the R. side to the Silakhor plain will be much
more difficult from 7200* than from 6700*, the height at which
I propose the R. exit of the tunnel should be fixed.
I estimate this section to be 15 miles long costing lj
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
a mile = 18-J
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
.
53. Razan Tunnel .
I estimate this to be 2000 yards long: formation lime
stone rock: water plentiful. It might enter the hill on the
south side at 6800* and emerge at 6700* in to the Razan valley.
Cost may be put dov?n at 30
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
* I see no way of dispensing
with it: the pass cannot be avoided, and if the railway be car
ried over it to 7200* the drop of 1500* to the Silakhor valley
will be prohibitively steep.
54. Section III. Razan (6700*) head of tunnel to Silakhor plain
(5700 1 ) 10 miles . '
<v
if the mouth ofi the k/z&n side be fixed at 6700 \ the
drop will be 1000 1 : the actual distance between the mouth of
the tunnel and the foot of the hills being less than 5 miles.
The sides of the Razan valley are, on the whole, of a
conformation favourable to the construction of a railway along
them, but whether the east or west side of tiie valley should
be selected is a point which can be settled after a careful
survey«
ny impression is that it v/ill be best to take the line
into the azizabad valley and thence skirt the hills bounding
the bilakhSr plain to the West, descending steadily on a gra
dient of 1 in 50 till the plain is reached at approximately
5700 1 .
This section will call for most careful surveys and a
high
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This items includes letters, reports and memoranda on the construction of railways in South Persia. It includes a survey by Lieutenant Arnold T Wilson of the Mohammerah - Khoremabad railway and discusses the attitude of the Shaikh of Mohammerah towards railway construction.
This file includes three maps, as follows -
- 'PART OF LURISTAN & 'ARABISTAN S.W. PERSIA.', 1911, which shows a region of south-western Persia, indicating the movements of Lieutenant A.T. Wilson from April to June 1911, and the proposed route of a railway line. The map also indicates hydrology and settlements, with brief descriptions of topography and vegetation, and with some indication of relief. A short note beneath the title describes the map compilation methodology, and a further note describes the migration habits of local nomadic tribes. The map bears the printing statement: 'S[imla].D[rawing].O[ffice]. Topo. Dy. No. 119. Exd. C.J.A., Sept. 1911.';
- 'SKETCH MAP OF ARABISTAN', 1911, which shows a region of south-western Persia, indicating proposed routes of railway lines, hydrology, settlements, roads and administrative boundaries. The map also indicates limits of river navigation and the locations of customs houses;
- 'Map of Mohammerah', 1911, which shows the town of Mohammerah in south-western Persia, indicating the proposed locations of a railway station and a railway line. The map also indicates local regions, hydrology and buildings, with a numbered table identifying major buildings
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- File 1702/1910 Pt 1 'Railways: Persia; Khoremabad-Dizful-Mohammerah Railway'
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- 127r:399v
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