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4 items extracted from CO 96/168. 'Gold Coast Colony [now Ghana] Proposed Breakwater...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/775
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This record is about the 4 items extracted from CO 96/168. 'Gold Coast Colony [now Ghana] Proposed Breakwater... dating from 1885 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 (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MR 1/775
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1885
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Description (What the record is about)
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4 items extracted from CO 96/168. 'Gold Coast Colony [now Ghana] Proposed Breakwater at Accra 1885 W B Griffith C M G Lieut. Governor': 1 plan and 3 sheets of sections, all showing high and low water marks: (1) plan, also showing James Fort and other buildings; (2) longitudinal section; (3) sheet bearing cross-sections numbered 1-7; (4) sheet bearing cross-sections numbered 8-17. Reference notes, to item 1, on tides and currents. Scale: (1) 1 inch to 40 feet [1:480]; (2) 1 inch to 16 feet [1:192]. Compass indicator to item 1. Item 1 traced by George W Ward, September 1885. All items signed: John Pagan, Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Surveyor General, 6 October 1885.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Item 2 follows item 4
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- 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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4 items extracted from CO 96/168. 'Gold Coast Colony [now Ghana] Proposed Breakwater...
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