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'Sketch map of Lower Egypt' showing railways, canals, roads, tracks, telegraph,...
Catalogue reference: FO 925/3006
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This record is about the 'Sketch map of Lower Egypt' showing railways, canals, roads, tracks, telegraph,... dating from 1878-[?1940] in the series Foreign Office: Library: Maps and Plans. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- FO 925/3006
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1878-[?1940]
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Description (What the record is about)
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'Sketch map of Lower Egypt' showing railways, canals, roads, tracks, telegraph, stations. Reference table. 1878. Manuscript additions, which may have been made at the beginning of the 1939 to 1945 War, relate to the need for establishing cantonments for troops and the Royal Air Force at Port Said, Ismailia and near Suez; the transfer of an RAF repair depot from Aboukir to Port Fuad (at Port Said); and the accommodation of up to 2,000 RAF personnel at Ismailia.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 61 cm x 48 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:500000
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Photozincographed, coloured
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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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 513
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3819370/
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FO 925
Foreign Office: Library: Maps and Plans
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'Sketch map of Lower Egypt' showing railways, canals, roads, tracks, telegraph,...