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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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- MR 1/460
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1844-1845
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Description (What the record is about)
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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.
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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)
- WO 78/1093
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 45 cm x 220 cm
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- MS, coloured
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 3. Africa, ed P A Penfold (London, 1982), entry 2631
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4559487/
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