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'Mauritius Railways Town Line Land Plans': showing the line of the railway through...
Catalogue reference: WO 78/2
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This record is about the 'Mauritius Railways Town Line Land Plans': showing the line of the railway through... dating from 1863-1875 in the series War Office and predecessors: Maps and Plans. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- WO 78/2
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1863-1875
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Description (What the record is about)
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'Mauritius Railways Town Line Land Plans': showing the line of the railway through central Port Louis and the required diversion of the Pouce and Créole streams. Scale: 1 inch to 50 feet. Copied from an original map signed by Walmesley Stanley, Chief Resident Engineer; certified as a true copy by Charles John Boyle, Chief Commissioner of Railways, and by Captain Charles John Fowler, Royal Engineers, 18 June 1863. Stamped at the Royal Engineers' Office, Mauritius, 14 June 1875.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 52 cm x 112 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:600
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- MS, coloured, on tracing paper
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 3. Africa, ed P A Penfold (London, 1982), entry 1673
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3268938/
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WO 78
War Office and predecessors: Maps and Plans
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