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Malta: Valletta: 'Malta. Abercrombie's Bastion'. Four plans: (1) Site plan, top plan,...

Catalogue reference: WO 78/5316

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This record is about the Malta: Valletta: 'Malta. Abercrombie's Bastion'. Four plans: (1) Site plan, top plan,... dating from 1879-1881 in the series War Office and predecessors: Maps and Plans. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
WO 78/5316
Date
1879-1881
Description

Malta: Valletta: 'Malta. Abercrombie's Bastion'. Four plans: (1) Site plan, top plan, plan and sections of expense magazine no 2. Scale: site plan: 1:2,500; others: 1 inch to 10 feet. Compass indicator. Measured and drawn by Superintendent J Parkinson, Royal Engineers, 6 August 1879. (2) Top plan. Reference table to armaments. Scale: 1 inch to 10 feet. (3) Plans of gun floor and of lamp passages, cartridge and shell stores. Scale: 1 inch to 10 feet. (4) Sections, elevation and photographs. Scale: 1 inch to 10 feet. (2-4) Measured and drawn by Superintendent M Moffatt, Royal Engineers, 30 January 1881. All signed by Colonel T A L Murray, Commanding Royal Engineer, 2 March 1881.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
No. of Sheets: 4
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Dimensions
74 cm x 127 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: 4. Europe and Turkey, ed Geraldine Beech (London, 1998), entry 3433.
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3274258/

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