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'Report on the Preliminary Survey of the Route for the Central Persia Telegraph Line' [7r] (18/300)
The record is made up of 1 volume (146 folios). It was created in 1899. 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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CLASSIFICATION OF REPORT.
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In making the following report on the result of the preliminary survey
of the route for the proposed Cent ral Persia Telegraph line, it has been tnought
expedient to classify it into 4 heads:—
A. Description of the track followed.
B. Gazetteer.
C. Sites for Telegraph Offices.
D. General Summary.
2. Before dealing with the main line, the branch section from Ispahan
to Ardistan for the diversion of the already constructed lino via the Kohrud
Pass has been disposed of.
3. As a further facility towards reference, it has been considered
desirable to divide the proposed route for the new line into 5 sections and to
entirely dispose of one section before taking up the next. These sections are—
I. Kashan to Yezd.
II. Yezd to Kerman.
III. Kerman to Bam.
IV. Bam to Regan.
V. Regan to Pahra.
4. The other routes examined and considered “ unsuitable ’* are divided
into 4 secti ns—
Fii'st, Regan to Ladis via Khash.
Second, Ladis to Rood Mahee via Galugan (with two appen
dices, giving a description of the track from Rood
. Mahee to fcuestan and the return iourney to Malik
Robat).
Third, Malik Robat to Regan via Nasratabad.
Fourth, Pahra to Gwadur via Serbaz.
5. The appendices are 0 in number, in addition to a skeleton of Curzon**
map of Persia an l a section plan of the route from Ardistan to Pahra °Tvin»
the altitude of places a «
{a) Table of distances.
(b) Statement showing freight from the sea-coast to the interior.
(<?) Chemical Analyser to Government report on samples of water.
(rf) Statement showing cost of journey.
(e) Statement showing disposal of presents,
(/) Short glossary, Persian and Balooch words.
6. My distances were measured with a cyclometer or perambulating
wheel, which was tested at Ispahan before starting with both tape and chain^
and which showed an error of 25 yards per mile, or 1'42% . The wheel was
again checked at. Gwadur, and gave the same error, which has been eliminated
in each stage. The heights were taken with 2 aneroid barometers and 2
hypsometers, which were found to be practically correct on my arrival at
Gwadur.
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Report by William King Wood, Assistant Superintendent, Indo-European Telegraph Department. Printed at the Commissioner's Press, Karachi, 1899. The report is an investigation of proposed routes for the Central Persia Telegraph Line and is based on a journey undertaken by the author from Shiraz to Gwadur [Gwadar] between September 1898 and March 1899.
The report is divided into sections, as follows: Kashan to Yezd; Yezd to Kerman; Kerman to Bam; Bam to Regan; Regan to Pahra. Each section includes a description of the track followed, gazetteer, notes on sites for telegraphic offices, and a general summary. Additional descriptions are given for a number of alternative routes and routes investigated but considered unsuitable. At the rear of the volume are six appendices giving information on distances, costs, trade, water quality, and a glossary.
Folio 5 is a map of the route taken and the proposed telegraph line.
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- 1 volume (146 folios)
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At the front of the volume (folio 4) is a table of contents that refers to the original pagination.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 148; 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.
Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:147v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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