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Sudan: Wadi Halfa. 2 items. (1) 'Upper Egypt. Plan of Camp at Wady Halfa': map showing...
Catalogue reference: WO 78/243
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This record is about the Sudan: Wadi Halfa. 2 items. (1) 'Upper Egypt. Plan of Camp at Wady Halfa': map showing... dating from 1885-1890 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 78/243
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1885-1890
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Description (What the record is about)
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Sudan: Wadi Halfa. 2 items. (1) 'Upper Egypt. Plan of Camp at Wady Halfa': map showing buildings, main defences, and a railway line. Reference table to construction, distinguishing old and new buildings. Scale: 1 inch to 100 feet. Compass indicator. Surveyed and drawn by Sapper P G Stuart, Royal Engineers, 18 July 1885. Signed by Major A J Hepper, Royal Engineers, 30 July 1885. Fortifications corrected to 31 March 1887 and signed by Lieutenant A M Stuart, Royal Engineers; further corrected to 1 March 1888 and signed Major A G Clayton, Royal Engineers; further corrected to December 1888 and 21 March 1889. Two photographs of the camp are attached to the face of the map. (2) 'Wady Halfa. Upper Egypt. Camp and Defences': a tracing from [?another copy of] item (1), on tracing cloth; with two sections of a ditch on the same sheet. Traced by Company Sergeant Major J McPherson, Royal Engineers, 14 May 1887; corrected to December 1888; further corrected (with many additions and deletions) to January 1890 and signed by Colonel [illegible]. Dimensions: (1) 66 cm x 155 cm; (2) 67 cm x 152 cm.
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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)
- 1:1200
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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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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 3309
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3269179/
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War Office and predecessors: Maps and Plans
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