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Iraq. Various Surveys.

Catalogue reference: TRIG/77

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Reference
TRIG/77
Title
Iraq. Various Surveys.
Date
1923-1939
Description

Comprises the following items. Compiled by Iraq-based War Office units unless stated otherwise. Survey Data and Material Used for the 1:500,000 Iraq, GSGS 3954. Reports on method and progress diagrams. Notes for guidance of future Survey Officers, and procedures. Tables for astro observations and field instruments. Survey Material, 1:500,000 Iraq GSGS [3954], Wadi al Ubaiyidh Sheet. Topographical notes on Field Sheet No 11A. Copies of Notes sent UK, May 1939, including boundary material, topographical notes, traverse summary, aneroid heights report, diagrams. Collected Material. A carbon copy Names List for this sheet was transferred to the War Office Archive Original Surveys (Iraq) on 06/08/2018. It is listed in the Original Surveys ledger, p162A. Survey Data and Material Used for the 1:500,000 Iraq, GSGS [3954]. 4 booklets by 84 (Bomber) Squadron on a reconnaissance, with photos, of the Iraq 1:500,000 area. Survey Data and Material, 1:500,000 Iraq, GSGS [3954]. 4 folders: Baghdad Sheet, Oil Pipe Lines, Bahrain 1937, Place Names in Iraq. Notes on Survey Operations & Topography of the Hit Area. Geological survey of Hit area, list of wells, diagrams, Airstaff Intelligence minute sheets. 1:500,000 Desert Series. Basra-Kuwait [and Rutba] Sheet[s]. List of Names for Basra-Kuwait and Rutba sheets. Brief Report of Operations Carried Out by the Survey Directorate of Iraq During the Period 1st January 1926 to 31st December 1926.

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British Library, Map Library
Former department reference
M.E. Trig Folio No. IRA/020
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Physical description
7 folders.
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Physical condition
Typescript, with manuscript additions in coloured ink and pencil; 35 x 23cm or smaller.
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/393482ee-631a-4eac-8644-c97753395d54/

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Iraq. Various Surveys.