Coll 30/227 'Water Supply for Koweit (Distilling Plant)' [12v] (25/99)
The record is made up of 1 file (47 folios). It was created in 5 Jul 1947-1 Mar 1948. 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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/8,
- 6 -
7. Having come to this conclusion, Mr, Hogg
prepared an estimate of costs for the
installation, maintenance and running of the
*-y
oaly two suitablejjplants for the purpose.
The first of these was the IQeinschrnidt
Evaporator, manufactured in America*!, which
embodied a new technique in the production
of distilled water on a large scale. The
second was the straightforward or M kettle"
type of evaporator, made by G. & J. Weir, Ltd.,
of London. He was inclined to think that
the second of these plants might be the most
suitable^in that it had fewer moving parts
and was therefore simpler to maintain and to
operate. In forming an estimate of costs
Mr. Hogg had taken the life of these plants
as being 10 years and had also included
provision for a spare plant, to be kept in
reserve.
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The file concerns proposals for the supply of drinking water to Kuwait (also referred to as Koweit). It was said in 1947 that the need for fresh water was one of Kuwait's most pressing requirements, and now that the state was in receipt of considerable royalties, Kuwaitis would not be satisfied until the need was met (folio 48).
In addition to 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. (later Commonwealth Relations Office) minutes and correspondence, the file includes correspondence from the 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. , Kuwait (including emphasis on the need for a British, rather than an American company to undertake the work, folio 48); a proposal that the Associated Ethyl Company of London might be invited to combine their operations with the distillation of water for Kuwait; correspondence with the British Chemical Plant Manufacturers Association, London, and British firms interested in the project; and papers concerning a report on a municipal water supply for Kuwait by Mr Hogg of J.D. & D.M. Watson Limited, Consulting Engineers, for the Shaikh of Kuwait.
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 file (47 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 (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 49; 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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- Coll 30/227 'Water Supply for Koweit (Distilling Plant)'
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- front, front-i, 1ar, 2r:21v, 23r:25v, 33r:37v, 39r:43v, 45r:48v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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