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2 items (originally accompanying 'Haifa-Baghdad survey. Report on the investigation...
Catalogue reference: MFQ 1/25
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This record is about the 2 items (originally accompanying 'Haifa-Baghdad survey. Report on the investigation... dating from 1920 in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- MFQ 1/25
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1920
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Description (What the record is about)
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2 items (originally accompanying 'Haifa-Baghdad survey. Report on the investigation of Haifa Harbour', by H T Ker, 17 September 1920) extracted from CO 733/17A. Middle East: Haifa (now in Israel). 2 plans showing the results of investigation during May and June 1920. (1) Printed plan, showing contours (of land and sea), currents, bores, roads and railways. Reference table; table to the geological strata underlying the bores. Compass indicator. [?Surveyed] by S Pearson and Son (Contracting Department), Ltd. MS addition marking: 'location of stone No 2'. (2) MS, coloured, plan comparing the depths ascertained by the investigation and those shown on Admiralty Chart 1242. Compass indicator. Surveyors as item 1. Insets: 5 cross-sections. Both items signed: H T Ker, Member of the Institute of Civil Engineers. Dimensions: (1) 59.5 cm x 92 cm; (2) 61.5 cm x 91 cm.
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- 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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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:10000
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3983046/
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