Report of the British naval and military operations in Egypt, 1882 . long and 9 feet wide. The waterhere is too shallow to allow the presence of tugs, but native boats,ships cutters, and lighters can run alongside with ease. On the beachnear by the greater part of the field pieces were landed. At the South Wharf, the commissariat began also the work of dis-embarking their stores until the branch railway from the station tothe mouth of the Sweet Water Canal was sufficiently advanced. Theyshifted their operations to this more convenient locality on September dock they made use of was a pla
Report of the British naval and military operations in Egypt, 1882 . long and 9 feet wide. The waterhere is too shallow to allow the presence of tugs, but native boats,ships cutters, and lighters can run alongside with ease. On the beachnear by the greater part of the field pieces were landed. At the South Wharf, the commissariat began also the work of dis-embarking their stores until the branch railway from the station tothe mouth of the Sweet Water Canal was sufficiently advanced. Theyshifted their operations to this more convenient locality on September dock they made use of was a platform about 2 feet above the levelof the water, 0 feet wide, and 75 feet long, built of wood and resting onpiles, in two parts, separated by a balcony, which had been erected herelong before by the Suez Canal Company. The railway was laid on theembankment 12 feet above the landing stage, the slope being mountedby steps and inclined planes, the latter for parbuckling heavy packages,and very useful in breaking up the base. Fig. 83. While the con- -Ffcy. 83. QIlJLJbu. venience of this wharf was of much importance, a further and very greatadvantage was found in the transfer of such large quantities of bulkystores, all coming under one department, to a place by themselves, leav-ing the other landing facilities to he undisturbed possession of othercorps. 211 When the Indian Contingent arrived, it began at once, with that in-dependence of action which marked all its operations to provide forits own disembarkation, the Madras Sappers constructing a separatepier. The spot selected was between the Central and South number of low four-wheeled trucks were used as the support of asuperstructure, shown in plan in the accompanying diagram, Fig. 84. Fig. 84, 17ft. » JFft. -33fS, 66ft. -73ft- Temporary landing pier of the Indian Contingent at Ismailia. The platform was roughly made of planks, resting on fore-and-aft scant-ling. The depth of water secured was only a little less than 3
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