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Nova Scotia (now part of Canada): Halifax. Eight sheets of plans and drawings of...
Catalogue reference: WO 78/769
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- WO 78/769
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1823
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Description (What the record is about)
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Nova Scotia (now part of Canada): Halifax. Eight sheets of plans and drawings of barracks. (1) Plan, elevation and section of officers' and soldiers' barracks on Saint George's Island. (2) Plan of the lumber yard and adjacent streets showing the sites of Ordnance buildings. (3) Plan and elevation of the garrison clock building. (4) Plans and elevations of the Commissariat offices and stores. (5) Elevations of the South Barracks. (6) Plan and section of the South Barracks. (7) Elevations of various government and barrack buildings shown on item (8). (8) Plan of the North Barracks and adjacent government buildings. Reference tables to items (7-8), detailing accommodation, dimensions and construction. Scale: (1, 5-6) 1 inch to 10 feet [1:120]; (2) 1 inch to 40 feet [1:480]; (3) 1 inch to 5 feet [1:60] (4) 1 inch to 25 feet [1:300]; (7-8) 1 inch to 20 feet [1:240]. Compass indicator to item (2). Items (1-6) drawn by John G Toler; items (7-8) by Lieutenant H Pooley, Royal Engineers. All items signed by Lieutenant Colonel James R Arnold, Commanding Royal Engineer, 14 October 1823. Sheet sizes between 23.5 cm x 39.5 cm and 82.5 cm x 100.5 cm.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- A 55
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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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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- 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: 2. America and West Indies, ed P A Penfold (London, 1974), entries 1221-1225
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3269705/
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