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"Plan of a new channel for the river Orwell from Freston Reach to Ipswich and other...

Catalogue reference: EL1/7/3/2

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EL1/7/3/2
Title
"Plan of a new channel for the river Orwell from Freston Reach to Ipswich and other attendant improvements," copied by "E.C." from an original by William Chapman, engineer; Scale: 80 yds. to 1 in.
Date
1797
Description

River and tributaries, proposed new channels, embankments and quays, graving docks, Halifax Shipyard, depths at spring and neap tides, roads, buildings including grammar school, Christ's Hospital, Shire Hall, Hanford Mill, Stoke Mill, tide mill reservoir; endorsed: "No. 196"

Original 1797; copy n.d. [19century]

Held by
Suffolk Record Office, Ipswich Branch
Language
English
Physical condition
185 cm. x 76 cm., paper, ink and wash, coloured
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/2242db31-f981-4396-9b59-abeff8a48c53/

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EL1/7/3

River channel: sections, soundings etc.

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"Plan of a new channel for the river Orwell from Freston Reach to Ipswich and other attendant improvements," copied by "E.C." from an original by William Chapman, engineer; Scale: 80 yds. to 1 in.