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Appendix 6: Copy letter from G. Parker at Chatham Yard to Sir Robert Barlow. Propose...

Catalogue reference: ADM 359/40B/15

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This record is about the Appendix 6: Copy letter from G. Parker at Chatham Yard to Sir Robert Barlow. Propose... dating from 1820 June 26.

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Reference
ADM 359/40B/15
Date
1820 June 26
Description

Appendix 6: Copy letter from G. Parker at Chatham Yard to Sir Robert Barlow. Propose the removal of the point constructed by the Ordnance department on the opposite shore for the accommodation bridge and the securing with piles of the point opposite the Gun Wharf and of the points at Catness, Darentness and Ochamness to prevent their washing away and silting up the River Medway. Have observed that any stationary object placed in the river stops the flow of the tide and causes a bank to form. Details examples of where shoaling happens and notes the injurious effect of there being less tidal flow to clean up the river.

Enclosure.

Held by
National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library, Manuscripts Section
Former department reference
ADM BP/40B
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Access conditions
Open Immediately
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10682096/

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Appendix 6: Copy letter from G. Parker at Chatham Yard to Sir Robert Barlow. Propose...