Berbera-Harrar Railway. 'Sd. SL. Craster, Maj. RE.' - War Office ledger. Cross sections and longitudinal profiles.
Identifier
WOOG_497_3_2
Collection
womat
Description
Preliminary drawings for a proposed 250-mile railway from Berbera in northern British Somaliland to Harrar in eastern Abyssinia. Sheets depict 46 cross sections and long profiles at various points along the railway route. Some include datum lines and geological notes. Horizontal scales differ. Annotated 'Sheet 17' to 'Sheet 21'.The sheets were used to compile I.D.W.O. 1840 and I.D.W.O. 1841, both dated 1903 and filed at Maps MOD IDWO 1840 and Maps MOD IDWO 1841 respectively.
Publication date
1903
Creator
Cra'aster, Shafto Longfield, 1862-1943, railway engineer and army officer in India, Surveyor.
