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File 50/1914 Pt 1 'Persian Gulf: Lighting & Buoying; General Arrangements' [‎56r] (116/396)

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The record is made up of 1 file (194 folios). It was created in 1911-1912. 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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tender as would be requisite for tlie duty required, but to supply a vessel to
comply with the dimensions given by the Secretary to the Government of
India in the letter referred to above would cost considerably more.
In view of recent developments in respect of the use of oil fuel and
internal combustion engines, it may possibly be desired to consider both
these features before definitely deciding on the type of vessel to be
supplied.
Depot.
10. It is observed that it is now proposed tiiat the depot should be on the
property u the Anglo-Persian Oil Company on Abadan Island, in the river
Euphrates, instead of at Koweit, as originally suggested. It appears to the
Elder Brethren that- this is a matter that the local authorities are better
able to decide, it being a question so materially affected by local conditions
and facilities; the latter proposal offers the important facility of easily
procuring fresh water for lighthouse purposes, thus rendering a distilling
plant, as suggested by the Committee of Enquiry, unnecessary.
The modified scheme of lights adopted by the Government of India, as
compared with the more comprehensive one proposed by the Committee of
Enquiry (but which it may be intended eventually to carry out), naturally
influences the area of land to be obtained and the form of construction of
the buildings, but the Elder Brethren recommend that it possible not less
than two acres be secured as a site for the depot which would admit of
future developments of the establishment.
11. In paragraph 4 of the 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. letter of the 2nd instant, inquiry is
made as to the possibility of substantially reducing the estimated cost of the
depot, viz., 22,0001. This estimate included 9,5001. for a spare Light Vessel,
and the cost of the essential general spares for the buoys, &c., as mentioned
in the statement submitted with this report. The scheme put forward by
the Committee of Enquiry included several Light Vessels, in which case a
spare ship was, of course, necessary, but as it is understood not to be the
practice in India to provide a spare for a single station, the spare vessel
might, for the present at least, be dispensed with, and a corresponding
saving in cost effected.
12. The Elder Brethren are unaware as to the intentions of the Government
of India in regard to the housing of their officers, crew, and workmen at the
depot. The authorities in India will themselves be able to prepare estimates
to suit their requirements in that respect; but it is considered that, provided
no pier work or wharfing is necessary, the requisite storage for lighthouse
oil steam coal, carbide, and general stores, workshop, buoy yard, chain
lockers &c all of which should be made of iron framing covered by
corrugated sheeting, could be established and equipped with the necessary
spare acetylene and unlit buoys, spare moorings for Light Vessel and buoys
rails, cranes, and trolleys, for a sum well within the balance of 12,o00h, and
that, as the lighthouse service in the Gulf increased, the depot accommo
dation could be increased to meet tfie additional requirements. 13 14
13 It would be necessary to send from England for the depot the spare
buoys’moorings, and 10-ton travelling crane. All corrugated iron buildings,
rails, hand cranes, trolleys, workshop equipment, &c, could, it is understood,
be obtained at Bombay.
14 With regard to the date for completion, bearing in mind that the
various works to be supplied from England would be undertaken by various
contractors, the whole of the buoys could be shipped m four months, and the
three lighthouses and the Light Vessel m nine months from the date of
order.
15, A statement is forwarded herewith showing the works ,t is suggested
should be supplied from this country, with estimated cost and other
particulars.
S. 146. A 2

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This file contains papers relating to the instalment and maintenance of lighting and other navigation facilities in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and particularly around the Shatt-al-Arab waterway. Most of the papers pertain to the capital expenditures of the new navigation aids for ships. A minority of the papers document some geo-political concerns regarding the presence of Turkish ships in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and the Ottoman State's possible intention to maintain a permanent presence in the Gulf.

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1 file (194 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 196; 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.

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