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1 item extracted from CO 717/14. 'South Eastern Asia showing railways (open and under...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/768
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This record is about the 1 item extracted from CO 717/14. 'South Eastern Asia showing railways (open and under... dating from 1920 in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to rolled storage from various series.... 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)
- MR 1/768
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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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1 item extracted from CO 717/14. 'South Eastern Asia showing railways (open and under construction)': map of the area between 62° and 122°E and between the equator and 34°N. Reference table to the gauges of lines open and under construction. Scale: 1 inch to 64 miles. Heliozincographed at the Central Survey Office, Kuala Lumpur, and published under the direction of the Surveyor General. 5 insets: Map of Borneo; scale: 1 inch to 28 miles. Plans of the rail termini at Bombay (now Mumbai), Calcutta (now Kolkata), Delhi and Kanpur, all in India; scale: 1 inch to 2 miles [1:126,720] (Calcutta and Delhi), 3 inches to 2 miles [1:42,240] (Kanpur), 3 inches to 4 miles [1:84,480] (Bombay).
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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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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 104.5 cm x 167.5 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:4055040
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Heliozincographed, 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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4559795/
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Maps and plans extracted to rolled storage from records of various departments
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1 item extracted from CO 717/14. 'South Eastern Asia showing railways (open and under...
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