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Sudan: Handub (near Suakin). Ground plan, top plan, front elevation of a blockhouse,...
Catalogue reference: WO 78/273
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- WO 78/273
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1891
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Description (What the record is about)
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Sudan: Handub (near Suakin). Ground plan, top plan, front elevation of a blockhouse, with a site map; all on one sheet. Reference notes on construction. Scale: 1 inch to 5 feet [1:60] (elevation); 1 inch to 10 feet [1:120] (plans); 1 inch to about 400 yards [1:14,400] (map). Compass indicator. (Signed): Lieutenant R S Curtis, Royal Engineers, 24 May 1891; this copy traced by Lance Corporal E Liddiatt, Royal Engineers. A note states that this sheet was lithographed by the Intelligence Division of the War Office; no copy of the lithographed version is known to survive, however. A photograph of the blockhouse is filed with the map.
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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)
- 39 cm x 51 cm
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- MS, 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 3297
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3269209/
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