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India: Madras (now Chennai). Five items. (1) Cover sheet, bearing a list of sheets...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/730
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This record is about the India: Madras (now Chennai). Five items. (1) Cover sheet, bearing a list of sheets... dating from 1899 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 1/730
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1899
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Description (What the record is about)
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India: Madras (now Chennai). Five items. (1) Cover sheet, bearing a list of sheets numbered 1-4 (items (2-5) below); marked 'Tray No. 90/6'. (2-5) four sheets of plans, elevations and sections: (2) number 1: general plan of the beach batteries; (3) number 2: Clive's battery; (4) number 3: the lighthouse battery; (5) number 4: Napier battery. Reference table to armaments on each item; item (2) also bears brief reference notes on military land. Scale: (2) 6 inches to 1 mile [1:10,560]; (3) plan at 1 inch to 8 feet [1:96]; elevation at 1 inch to 6 feet [1:72]; sections at 1 inch to 4 feet [1:48], 1 inch to 6 feet, 1 inch to 8 feet and 1 inch to 10 feet [1:120]; (4-5) plans and elevations at 1 inch to 20 feet [1:240]; sections at 1 inch to 10 feet. Compass indicator to each item. Traced from original maps signed by Major A Kelly, Royal Engineers, Executive Engineer, Military Works, Madras Division, 21 November 1898. Traced by (1) E Bukhsh, 26 September 1899; (2) M Ealh, 15 June 1899; (3-4) J M Rawal, 13 June 1899. Certified as true copies by Captain A J H Swiney, Royal Engineers.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- WO 78/4868
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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- MS, coloured, on tracing cloth
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to rolled storage from various series...
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