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Canada: Nova Scotia: Sambro Island. War Department buildings: plans, sections, elevations...

Catalogue reference: WO 78/3246

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This record is about the Canada: Nova Scotia: Sambro Island. War Department buildings: plans, sections, elevations... dating from 1881-1883 in the series War Office and predecessors: Maps and Plans. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
WO 78/3246
Date
1881-1883
Description

Canada: Nova Scotia: Sambro Island. War Department buildings: plans, sections, elevations and site plan. Scale: 1 inch to 15 feet and 1 inch to 10 feet; site plan: 1:2,500. Compass indicator. Drawn by Sergeant E Hopkins, Royal Engineers, December 1882. Signed by Colonel Charles S Akers, Commanding Royal Engineer, November 1883. The site plan is a map of the whole island, which was surveyed by Hopkins in July 1881.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
F 377
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Dimensions
71.5 cm x 116 cm
Physical condition
MS, coloured
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Administrative / biographical background
Publication note(s)
Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 2. America and West Indies, ed P A Penfold (London, 1974), entry 1348
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3272190/

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