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ROUTE 17: MA‘AN—MEDINA 131
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Station.
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The line then enters a narrow
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J sandstone gorge, and after a
deep cutting, blasted out of hard
rock, passes through a tunnel,
about ISO metres long, through
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a spur. The tunnel opens into
/ * a deep wadi with sides often pre­
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The line follows it in a series
of sharp curves (some of only
125 metres radius) on a down
gradient to Q. el-Akhdhar. Be­
tween Darel-Hajj, Mustabghah,
and Qal!at el-Akhdhar the gra­
dients are sometimes 1S0/00.
301-00 5 00 2,870 Qal'al el-Akh- Fortified station building, E.
clliar (or of line ; 1 loop-siding. Water
Khudhr) from well about 10 metres deep,
pumped by steam pump into a
cistern holding 40,000 gallons.
No more water till Mada/in
Salih. Four miles SE. of the
station on the pilgrim road in
a narrow valley is the qal‘ak.
Some vegetation, of rimth and
acacia, &c. Good water from well,
9-10 metres deep and 2 metres
! wide. Four cisterns outside the
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fort. Camp of Suweiflah Arabs.
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K. .
The line runs on along Wadi
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el-Ivhamls (further called Wadi
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- es-Sani), a waterless affluent of
Wadi el-Akhdhar.
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and acacia.
305-00 4-00 Maqsadat ed- Stone bridge of 15 arches,
Dunija probably about 5 metres each in
span.
I 318-00 13-00 i
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about 12 ft. high to crown ;
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