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Observing Pillar 1910: surveying using the sun - photograph taken in 1910 of a heliotrope...
Catalogue reference: OS 51/10
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This record is about the Observing Pillar 1910: surveying using the sun - photograph taken in 1910 of a heliotrope... dating from 1950 Jan 01-1968 Dec 31 in the series Ordnance Survey: Photographs and Pictorial Images. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- OS 51/10
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1950 Jan 01-1968 Dec 31
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Description (What the record is about)
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Observing Pillar 1910: surveying using the sun - photograph taken in 1910 of a heliotrope mounted on an observing pillar and a semaphore board mounted on a stave, with military observer
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- 9
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Maps and plans
- Communications
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10970477/
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OS 51
Ordnance Survey: Photographs and Pictorial Images
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