‘File 16/73 Development of Artesian Water in Muscat’

Title:

‘File 16/73 Development of Artesian Water in Muscat’

Date:

1941/1946

Description:

Abstract: Correspondence in the file dated 1941 is the result of an enquiry from the Political Agent in Muscat (Captain Tom Hickinbotham) to the Political Agent in Bahrain (Major Reginald George Evelin William Alban), about the prospects for an artesian water supply at Muscat, or elsewhere on the Batinah Coast (folio 3). A second set of correspondence, dated 1946, concerns arrangements for a Petroleum Concessions Limited geologist to visit Muscat to assess the area. Aside from the Political Agents at Bahrain and Muscat, the other principal correspondent in the file is Ernest Vincent Packer, representing Petroleum Concessions Limited, and Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 30; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 3-26; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Geological surveys
Geologists
Wells
Water supply

Geographic region:

Muscat

Rights:

غير معروف

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000282.0x00013f_ar
81055/vdc_100000000282.0x00013f_en
IOR/R/15/2/1584
IOR/R/15/2/1584

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