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3 items (originally accompanying a report from Governor Robert Fitz Roy to the Secretary...
Catalogue reference: MFQ 1/1278
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- [1845]
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3 items (originally accompanying a report from Governor Robert Fitz Roy to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Lord Stanley, on the military situation at Wellington, 3 November 1845) extracted from CO 209/36 (folios 340-342). New Zealand. 3 sheets of plans and sections of fortifications. (1) 'Plan of Thorndon Fort, Wellington': showing defences and internal structures. Scale: 1 inch to about 66 feet. Inset: section across the ditch and parapet; scale: 1 inch to about 13 feet. (2) 'Plan of Fort Richmond on the River Hutt': showing the two blockhouses, with internal dimensions. Scale: 1 inch to 20 feet [1:240]. (3) 'Plan of the fortifications at Te Aro, Wellington': showing the defences and other buildings along the line of Marrers Street. Scale: 1 inch to 100 feet [1:1,200]. Inset: section across the ditch and parapet; scale: 1 inch to 20 feet [1:240]. Dimensions: (1) 25 cm x 34 cm; (2) 31 cm x 22 cm; (3) 25 cm x 33 cm.
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