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3 items extracted from CO 147/150. (1) Plan and sections of proposed breakwaters...
Catalogue reference: MPG 1/1040
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This record is about the 3 items extracted from CO 147/150. (1) Plan and sections of proposed breakwaters... dating from 1900 in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- MPG 1/1040
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1900
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3 items extracted from CO 147/150. (1) Plan and sections of proposed breakwaters at beach in Lagos (in Lagos Protectorate, now in Nigeria), showing levels of high and low spring tides; soundings in feet. Scale: (plan) 1 inch to 400 feet; (section) 1 inch to 8 feet. 18 July 1900. (2) Ground floor and upper floor plans of proposed new court house for Lagos (now in Nigeria). Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet. Signed by HB Chapman, Civil Engineer, Director of Public Works, 10 September 1900. (3) Front and rear elevations of proposed new court house for Lagos (now in Nigeria). Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet. Signed by H B Chapman, Civil Engineer, Director of Public Works, 10 September 1900. Dimensions: (1) 42 cm x 87 cm; (2) 68 cm x 94 cm; (3) 64 cm x 92 cm.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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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), entries 2152, 2153
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3981729/
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