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3 items (originally accompanying a letter and estimate by Lieutenant Colonel Alexander...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/1895
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This record is about the 3 items (originally accompanying a letter and estimate by Lieutenant Colonel Alexander... dating from 1847 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 1/1895
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Date (When the record was created)
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1847
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3 items (originally accompanying a letter and estimate by Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Brown, Commanding Royal Engineer, 26 April 1847) extracted from WO 44/507. Ceylon (now Sri Lanka): Trincomalee. Three sheets of drawings showing proposed alterations and new works at Fort Ostenberg: (1) plan and sections; (2-3) sections. Reference table to item (1). Scale: 1 inch to about 40 feet [1:480] (plan); 1 inch to about 20 feet [1:240] (sections). Compass indicator to item (1). Drawn by Captain A Ross, Royal Engineers. Dimensions: (1) 68 cm x 189 cm; (2) 27 cm x 167 cm; (3) 17 cm x 58 cm.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For other items extracted from WO 44/507, see MPH 1/876 MPH 1/877 MPH 1/879 MR 1/1894 MPHH 1/685 MPH 1/875
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- The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
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English
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MS, coloured
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Open Document, Open Description
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