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Sudan. 'Suakin and Berber Railway Section': showing the railway line for three miles...
Catalogue reference: WO 78/284
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This record is about the Sudan. 'Suakin and Berber Railway Section': showing the railway line for three miles... dating from 1885 in the series War Office and predecessors: Maps and Plans. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- WO 78/284
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1885
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Description (What the record is about)
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Sudan. 'Suakin and Berber Railway Section': showing the railway line for three miles inland from the end of pier number 2 at Suakin (Sawakin). Scale: 1 inch to 200 feet [1:2,400] (horizontal); 1 inch to 20 feet [1:240] (vertical). Signed by Major General C B Ewart, Commanding Lines of Communication, 13 April 1885. Originally accompanying a weekly report on the progress of the railway's construction; the report is not filed with this sheet
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 36 cm x 256 cm
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- MS, coloured, on tracing cloth
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 3. Africa, ed P A Penfold (London, 1982), entry 3271
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3269220/
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