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Sudan: Wadi Halfa. 'Wady Halfa (Upper Egypt) Defences': one sheet of plans and sections...
Catalogue reference: WO 78/248
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This record is about the Sudan: Wadi Halfa. 'Wady Halfa (Upper Egypt) Defences': one sheet of plans and sections... dating from 1886-1889 in the series War Office and predecessors: Maps and Plans. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- WO 78/248
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1886-1889
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Description (What the record is about)
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Sudan: Wadi Halfa. 'Wady Halfa (Upper Egypt) Defences': one sheet of plans and sections of fortifications, showing a blockhouse on the west bank of the River Nile, and five redoubts. Scale: 1 inch to 20 feet [1:240] (plans); 1 inch to 10 feet [1:120] (sections). Compass indicator. Based on sketches supplied by the Commanding Royal Engineer, Frontier Field Force; drawn by Company Sergeant Major J McPherson, Royal Engineers, 17 August 1886; signed by Major W H Mulloy Royal Engineers; corrected to 1 March 1889. Inscribed: 'Office Copy'. Originally produced to accompany report to the Quartermaster General, 1 October 1886; the report is not filed with this sheet
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 67 cm x 103 cm
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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 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 3314
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3269184/
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