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6 items extracted from CAB 24/238. River Severn. Maps relating to a scheme for a...
Catalogue reference: MPII 1/35
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This record is about the 6 items extracted from CAB 24/238. River Severn. Maps relating to a scheme for a... dating from 1906-1932 in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to extra large flat storage from various.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- MPII 1/35
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1906-1932
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6 items extracted from CAB 24/238. River Severn. Maps relating to a scheme for a barrage. (1) Ordnance Survey half-inch England and Wales (Large Sheet Series) sheet 32 with coloured, MS additions showing a site plan. (2)-(3) Plans of the basin or bed of the river and shore showing soundings and the proposed barrage. (4) Diagram of the 'cycle of operation' showing the relation of turbine working to tides. (5) Graph showing electricity consumption in southern England. (6) Graph showing the expected electricity production from the barrage. Scales: (1) 1 inch to 2 miles; (2) 1:43000; (3) 1 inch to 880 feet. Sheet sizes between 21.5 cm x 33 cm and 73 cm x 96 cm.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- OS half-inch England and Wales
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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- Printed, (1)-(3) coloured
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4047140/
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