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'Mauritius. Port Louis. Plan showing water supply': street map showing the Dayot,...
Catalogue reference: WO 78/25
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This record is about the 'Mauritius. Port Louis. Plan showing water supply': street map showing the Dayot,... dating from [c.1860]-1875 in the series War Office and predecessors: Maps and Plans. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- WO 78/25
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c.1860]-1875
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Description (What the record is about)
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'Mauritius. Port Louis. Plan showing water supply': street map showing the Dayot, Bathurst and Municipal canals. The Municipal canal was completed in1860. 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)
- 71 cm x 94 cm
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- MS, coloured
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- 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 1666
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3268961/
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War Office and predecessors: Maps and Plans
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