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Barbados. 5 sheets. (1) Elevation of a lighthouse proposed to be erected on the windward...
Catalogue reference: MPD 1/8
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- MPD 1/8
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1835
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Barbados. 5 sheets. (1) Elevation of a lighthouse proposed to be erected on the windward side of the Island. Scale: 1 inch to 10 ft. (2) Views of coastline including Needham Point on which it is proposed to erect the lighthouse. (3) Section of the lighthouse. Scale: 1 inch to about 6 ft. (4) Panoramic Sketch of the windward side of the Island. (5) Map of coast from Bridgetown to Consets Bay, showing proposed site of lighthouse at Needham Point, and places of wrecks from 1827 to 1834. Reference table to wrecks. Compass indicator. All drawn by Lieutenant Leicester V Smith, RE, 18 May 1835, and signed by C F Smith, Colonel Commanding RE, 31 August 1835. Dimensions of sheets: (1) 36.6 cm x 27.2 cm; (2) 7.6 cm x 28.4 cm; (3) 60.2 cm x 47.5 cm; (4) 14.7 cm x 202.2 cm; (5) 74.2 cm x 96.5 cm.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- T 62/5
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 2. America and West Indies, ed P A Penfold (London, 1974), entry 3173
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