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Canada: British Columbia: Vancouver Island: Esquimalt. 2 sheets of plans of the...
Catalogue reference: WO 78/2560
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This record is about the Canada: British Columbia: Vancouver Island: Esquimalt. 2 sheets of plans of the... dating from 1905-1907 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 78/2560
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1905-1907
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Description (What the record is about)
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Canada: British Columbia: Vancouver Island: Esquimalt. 2 sheets of plans of the Army Ordnance Establishment on Signal Hill: (1) first floor and roof; (2) ground floor. Scale: 1 inch to 40 feet. Compass indicators. Drawn by George Fenton, Royal Engineers; approved by Major H Bland, 2 May 1905; printed at the Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, 1905. Inset to item (2): outline map showing the location of Ordnance property relative to Esquimalt and the coast; scale: 6 inches to 1 mile [1:10,560]; compass indicator. Item (2) endorsed with a note referring to a memorandum of 14 February 1907.
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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 501
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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)
- 104 cm x 73 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:480
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Printed
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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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 474
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3271504/
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