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5 items extracted from DO 64/15. 5 sheets of maps and plans relating to the proposed...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/1993
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- 1931
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5 items extracted from DO 64/15. 5 sheets of maps and plans relating to the proposed Rhodesia - Gobabis / Walvis Bay railway. (Areas shown are now in Namibia and Zimbabwe). (1) '... Reconnaissance Map showing routes traversed and proposed railway'. Reference table. Scale: 1 inch to 11.85 miles. Drawn at the Surveyor Generals Office, Salisbury. (2)'...Key Plan Showing Proposal and Existing Railways in Southern Africa'. Scale: 1 inch to 160 miles. (3-4) 2 sheets: '... Section. (Aneroid Levels) along inspected track near proposed route'. Scale: 1 inch to 12 miles. (5) 'Walvis Bay Economic Survey. Geological sections to show formations and probable positions of water table'. Reference table. Scale: 1:2,000,000. Drawn at the Geological Survey Office. All items printed at the Surveyor Generals Office, Salisbury. (1)-(4) signed by J L S Jeffares, Member of the Institute of Civil Engineers, 14 September 1931. Dimensions: (1) 81 cm x 137 cm; (2) 30 cm x 33 cm; (3) 41 cm x 136 cm; (4) 44 cm x 56 cm; (5) 26 cm x 66.5 cm. All originally enclosed with report by J L S Jeffares, 25 November 1931.
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