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1 item extracted from CO 48/512. 'Sketch Map of South African Telegraphs 1885': diagrammatic...
Catalogue reference: MPGG 1/38
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MPGG 1/38
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1885-1886
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1 item extracted from CO 48/512. 'Sketch Map of South African Telegraphs 1885': diagrammatic map (of territory now in Lesotho and in Eastern Cape, Free State, Kwazulu/Natal, Northern Cape and Western Cape provinces, South Africa) also showing operational and projected railways, and the distances between towns. Reference table; notes on the mileages of line and wire. Scale: 1 inch to about 31 miles. Reduced, drawn and lithographed by Saul Solomon and Co, Cape Town. Inset: the areas east and south of Cape Town. Stamped by the Colonial Office Registry: '5490/31 Mar. '86'.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
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English
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Open Document, Open Description
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- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 3. Africa, ed P A Penfold (London, 1982), entry 2457
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