Author: CLUISENAER, J.L.,
Title: Rapport van den Ingenieur Cluisenaer over den aanleg van een spoorweg ter verbinding van de Ombilien-Kolenvelden op Sumatra met de Indische Zee. [Eerste Druk; First edition].
Description: S.I. ['s-Gravenhage], Departement van Koloniën, 1876. 2 volumes in one (text and appendices). Stout 8.°, original publ. cloth, gilded cover title printed within a gilded double-barred line border, gilded title with decorations on spine. 464; (v), 217, (iv)pp. (Bijlagen; Appendices), numerous tables, diagrams, statistics (Appendices), some diagrams in text, 15 lithogaphed fold. maps and profiles, of which some very large and coloured, including a cencus, loosely inserted in endpocket, errata, conclusion, supplementary note, table of contents. Massive very detailed dutch language feasability report by a dutch engineer, in which Railway construction at Westcoast Sumatra is researched, both on behalf of general transport and establishment of a connection between Ombilien Coalleries, Padang Highlands, with Padang Harbour, as ordered by Royal Dutch Decree 10th January 1873, No. 18. Very good untrimmed copy in original publ. cloth, complete with all maps, charts and profiles. Rare.

Keywords: sumatra railway feasability study report railroad construction ombilien coalleries padang highlands transport research engineering history colonialism indonesia southeast asia nineteenth century