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Cornwall: Truro. 'Plan of Truro Harbour and River, shewing the lines upon which wharfs,...
Catalogue reference: MPEE 1/132
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This record is about the Cornwall: Truro. 'Plan of Truro Harbour and River, shewing the lines upon which wharfs,... dating from 1841 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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- MPEE 1/132
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1841
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Description (What the record is about)
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Cornwall: Truro. 'Plan of Truro Harbour and River, shewing the lines upon which wharfs, etc, may be built, as settled by J.M.Rendle, C.E, September 1841'. Shows Truro town and course of river out to low water channel, with mudline, quays and other channels, soundings. Reference table. Note gives wording of Admiralty notice concerning restrictions on building works and enclosures in the area. Scale: 1 inch to 4 chains. Compass indicator. Signed 1852.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- LRRO 1/1519
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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- 49.5 cm x 99.1 cm
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- 1:3168
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- Open Document, Open Description
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