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Sudan: Suakin (Sawakin). Three sheets of drawings of number 2 pier, Quarantine Island....
Catalogue reference: WO 78/279
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- WO 78/279
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1884-1885
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Description (What the record is about)
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Sudan: Suakin (Sawakin). Three sheets of drawings of number 2 pier, Quarantine Island. (1, 3) Two copies of a sheet bearing a plan and two sections, showing the depths of piles; (2) plan showing an extension to the pier and the proposed arrangement of railway lines. Scale: 1 inch to 20 feet [1:240] (plans); 1 inch to 5 feet [1:60] (sections). Item (2) dated 4 October 1884. Item (3) drawn by Lieutenant A Graham Thomson, Royal Engineers, 9 February 1885; signed by Lieutenant Colonel Elliott Wood, Commanding Royal Engineer. Item (1) traced [from item (3)] by Sapper Archer, 11 February 1885.
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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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- 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 3280
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3269215/
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