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Cape Colony: Cape Town (now in Western Cape province, South Africa). One item consisting...

Catalogue reference: MR 1/460

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This record is about the Cape Colony: Cape Town (now in Western Cape province, South Africa). One item consisting... dating from 1844-1845 in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to rolled storage from various series.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
MR 1/460
Date
1844-1845
Description

Cape Colony: Cape Town (now in Western Cape province, South Africa). One item consisting of four joined sheets (numbers 1 and 2 themselves each formed from two joined sheets; thus six sheets in all) of plans and sketches of a military hospital, built 1837-1844. 'No.1': ground and upper floor plans. 'No.2': two elevations and one part-elevation/part-section along lines shown on the ground floor plan. 'No.3': plan of the drainage system and sections of three types of drain. 'No.4': plan showing the site of the hospital relative to Table Bay, the market, and military buildings. Scale: 1 inch to 300 feet [1:3,600] (site plan); 1 inch to 1 foot [1:12] (drain sections); 1 inch to 20 feet [1:240] (remainder). Compass indicators to the site and drainage plans. Site plan drawn by Private James W Newton, Royal Sappers and Miners, September 1845; remainder drawn from measurements by Lieutenant E F Bourchier, Royal Engineers, 9 September 1844, signed by Colonel [illegible], and verified by Captain Thomas C Luxmoore, Royal Engineers. A pencilled note states that the ward in the right-hand wing was to be allotted to the Military Staff Corps.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former reference
WO 78/1093
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Dimensions
45 cm x 220 cm
Physical condition
MS, coloured
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Subjects
Topics
Archives and libraries
Army
Trade and commerce
Maps and plans
Sewerage
Africa
Publication note(s)
Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 3. Africa, ed P A Penfold (London, 1982), entry 2631
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4559487/

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