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Canada: British Columbia: Esquimalt. Plan and three sections of an electric lighthouse...

Catalogue reference: WO 78/3940

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This record is about the Canada: British Columbia: Esquimalt. Plan and three sections of an electric lighthouse... dating from 1887 in the series War Office and predecessors: Maps and Plans. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
WO 78/3940
Date
1887
Description

Canada: British Columbia: Esquimalt. Plan and three sections of an electric lighthouse test room and observing station. Scale: 1 inch to 10 feet. Compass indicator. Signed by Lieutenant Colonel E D C O'Brien, Royal Engineers, 5 February 1887.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
WO 154
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Dimensions
75.5 cm x 134 cm
Physical condition
MS, coloured, on tracing cloth
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 461
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3272884/

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