Dorman Long & Co. Ltd. - General Managers file on Otto Beit Bridge, Chirundu, Rhodesia

Comprehensive file relating to the construction of the Otto Beit Bridge in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). Correspondence and internal memos discuss the construction of the bridge and provide details of material specifications and completion dates, make note a visit to the site by Hon. G.M. Huggings the Prime Minister of Rhodesia and discuss the occurrence of broken cable wires; Reports on the 'Health of Staff' as compiled on a monthly basis by Dr J.H.G Robertson, which summarise the working and living conditions on the construction site and the camps where the Employees lived and also the dangers faced by those working in such an environment. (The reports point to there being a clear separation made with the 'European Camp' and its employees and the 'Native Camp'); Correspondence and internal memos detailing the organisation of the opening ceremony and the travel arrangements for those attending; Report on 'Construction of the Otto Beit Bridge over Zambesi River at Chirundu, Southern Rhodesia 1937-1939'.