A plan for the complete and final settlement of the question of the sale and transfer ... of land ... applicable to England and Wales, as well as to Ireland

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  1370. Transfer yard East bank looking South. Precast concrete arches for sluice wells, final casting to complete order with rubble stack for heightening blocks in background

  Visual Materials

  The Aswan Dam Photographs collection contains 28 albums containing more than 1750 black-and-white photographs (most approximately 8 x 10 in. format), documenting the construction of the first Aswan Dam and Asyut Barrage from 1899 to 1902, the first dam heightening from 1907 to 1912, the Isna Barrage from 1907 to 1909, and the second heightening from 1930 to 1933. The images chiefly chronicle progress at the construction sites and depict laborers, masonry work, excavating, the transportation of materials and equipment, and the building of the locks, buttresses, gates, canals, and bridges, with many views of the Nile River. In addition there are images of repairs to the temple at Philae (in Albums 1, 3b, 4, and 12), and some photographs of ceremonies including the H.R.H. The Duke of Connaught laying the foundation stone on February 29, 1908 (Album 10, pages 8-9), and the laying of the final stone with Abbas II Hilmi, the Khedive of Egypt, on February 9, 1909 (Album 5, page 24).The collection consists of both nondescript albums with affixed photographs accompanied by typed or handwritten captions, as well as more formal presentation albums, which include inscriptions of W. L. Lowe Brown, resident engineer at the Asyut Barrage (Album 1); John Aird, whose company constructed the dam (Albums 2, 6, and 8) Murdoch MacDonald, chief engineer beginning in 1902 (Album 3); While most of the albums are limited to photographs and captions, Album 1 and 2 have an eight-page printed preface by William E. Garstin and Albums 5 and 6 have two introductory pages of printed explanatory notes by Murdoch MacDonald. Photographers engaged in documenting the construction and heightening projects were D.S. George (construction of the Aswan Dam and first heightening), F. Fiorillo (first heightening), A. Gianny (viewing of Aswan Dam), A. Marques (first heightening), and other unidentified photographers. Within the materials, there are variant spellings of Aswan including Assuan and Asswan.

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  The reforming registry: or A representation of the very many mischeifs and inconveniences which will unavoidably happen by the needless, chargeable, and destructive way of registries. : Proposed to be erected in every county of England and Wales; for the recording of all deeds, evidences, morgages [sic], and whatsoever may incumber the sale or settlement of lands not being copyhold. With the small or no efforts or atchievements of the notarial bonds of Holland guarantigiated of Spain, and the bonds with clauses of registration in Scotland, in the securing of creditors, and lessening of charges and contention, the greatest part thereof being written in the year 1658. By Fabian Philipps of the Middle-Temple Esq;

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  This item provides an answer to a question never addressed in the press at the time: why did Obregón suddenly cancel his appearance at the opening ceremonies of the line in -It was because a carload of troops escorting a passenger train in Jalisco state had been massacred, and it was felt by the SP and SPM that the luminaries gathered for an SPM celebration would be potential targets as well. "Persons who do this would probably consider it much more effective to massacre the kind of party proposed to be gathered at Salsipuedes viaduct [the planned ceremony location]," notes William Sproule in a letter shortly after the event. "The occasion is not of sufficient importance to have a large number of them risk their lives," concurs H.W. de Forest. Many useful items herein, such as a record of actions by the Executive Committee of the SPM in terms of negotiations with Mexican government. (1921-26). This is a VERY useful summary, dated 3/18/26. (Trivia Dept.: Includes most detailed estimate I've seen yet of the length of the final Tepic-La Quemada leg: 102.816 miles! That's accuracy within four feet! Earlier estimates said 102.79; others I've seen round it down to 102, and most recent published SP history by Don L. Hofsommer actually puts it at 90 miles, for some reason.) Also includes half-broadsheet-sized article on SPM that appeared in the Kansas City Star on Jan. 11, 1925, Section C[?], p. 1. Obregon appears to have had the best relations with SPM. Envelope at end contains large number of mounted news clippings

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  These materials, consisting primarily of correspondence but also including maps, news clippings, photographs, and blueprints, are arranged and bound by topic according to the Southern Pacific's internal organizational schema. There are 160 individual bound items in these 23 boxes. Each grouping is in reverse chronological order as it was originally filed by SP de México administrators. Collection has material in English and Spanish.

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