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Sudan: Wadi Halfa. Two similar maps showing defence works, stores and other buildings,...
Catalogue reference: WO 78/242
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- WO 78/242
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1885-1889
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Description (What the record is about)
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Sudan: Wadi Halfa. Two similar maps showing defence works, stores and other buildings, a railway line, and the nature of the terrain. (1) 'Wady Halfa Upper Egypt Defences General Plan': also showing the range and field of fire of redoubts; on tracing cloth. (2) 'Sketch of Wady Halfa, Upper Egypt'. Reference tables to buildings occupied by British troops, and to villages. Scale: 1 inch to 440 feet [12 inches to 1 mile]. Compass indicator. Item (2) signed by Captain J E Blackburn, Royal Engineers, 5 September 1885, and by Major A J Hepper, Commanding Royal Engineer, 9 September 1885; item (1) traced [?from item (2)] by Lance Corporal J Trippett, Royal Engineers, and signed by Major W H Mulloy, Royal Engineers. Item (2) endorsed: 'Plan No 59. Sketch of Wady Halfa Upper Egypt'. Dimensions: (1) 83 cm x 90 cm; (2) 72 cm x 88 cm. Originally produced to accompany a report to the Quartermaster General, War Office, 1 October 1886; the report is filed with these sheets.
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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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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:5280
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- MS, coloured, (1) on tracing cloth
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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 3308
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3269178/
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