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'Report on the Preliminary Survey of the Route for the Central Persia Telegraph Line' [54r] (112/300)
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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89
TELEGRAPH STATIONS.
ANAR.
Height 4,131 feet.
22ni October 1898.
Temp.—5 a. m., 35; 10 a. m., 65 ; noon, 68.
Fourth Control... The total distance from Yezd to Kerman is 22070 miles,
Station Anar. and it would therefore be necessary to have a control
station between these large towns. Anar, which has
a high elevation ana a healthy climate, and which is
93'3S miles from Yezd and 123-32 from Kerman, would
be the fourth control station. At Anar, there is a good
garden, laid out about 5 years ago, 130 by 200 yards
and some 5 acres in extent, with a supply ot fair water,
and situated at a distance of about a quarter of a mile
on the north side of the town, which would suit our
purpose admirably. The small house of sun-dried
brick, comprising four rooms, would not, I fear, prov-
of much use. 5,000
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
was said to be the price
at which this place could be purchased.
Cost of Mate rial.
Krans
Cents.
Bricks, sun-dried, per 1,000
3
0
Bricks, kiln burnt „ „
25
0
Gach (Mortar), per 100 maunds (675 lbs.).
5
0
Straw „ „ „ >,
20
0
Earth „ „ donkey loads ...
5
0
Stone ,) » >,
10
0
Wood (Poplar poles), each
7
0
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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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- 'Report on the Preliminary Survey of the Route for the Central Persia Telegraph Line'
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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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