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Catalogue reference: WO 78/2420/1
See WO 78/2420/1-6 and WO 78/2420/7-8
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Canada: Nova Scotia: Halifax. Ten outline maps showing the stand-points and angles...
Catalogue reference: WO 78/2252
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This record is about the Canada: Nova Scotia: Halifax. Ten outline maps showing the stand-points and angles... dating from 1879-1880 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 78/2252
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1879-1880
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Description (What the record is about)
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Canada: Nova Scotia: Halifax. Ten outline maps showing the stand-points and angles from which War Department photographs were authorised to be taken: (1) on Melville Island; (2) at York Redoubt; (3) on Sambro Island; (4) at the North-West Arm quarries; (5) at York Redoubt; (6) at Sackville; (7) on Macnab Island; (8) in the vicinity of Wellington Barracks; (9) in the environs of the Citadel, Fort Clarence and the harbour; (10) at Mount Pleasant Park and Ives Point Battery. Items (8-10) from a single map on three sheets. Scale: (1) 1 inch to about 300 feet [1:3,600]; (2, 7-10) 1:2,500; (3) 1 inch to about 2 chains [1:1,584]; (4, 6) [not shown]; (5) 1 inch to 80 feet [1:960]. Compass indicators to items (1-3) and (5-6). Items (1, 3, 5-6, 10) signed by Colonel J W Lovell, Commanding Royal Engineer, 28 February 1879; all items signed by Major [illegible, ?Mangley], 13 March 1880. The related photographs have not been identified within the holdings of The National Archives.
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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)
- F 351
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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)
- 1:2500
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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: 2. America and West Indies, ed P A Penfold (London, 1974), entry 1258
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3271196/
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War Office and predecessors: Maps and Plans
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