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Ceylon (now Sri Lanka): Galle. Plans, sections and elevations of gun emplacements...
Catalogue reference: MPHH 1/187
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- MPHH 1/187
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1880
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Description (What the record is about)
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Ceylon (now Sri Lanka): Galle. Plans, sections and elevations of gun emplacements at Galle Fort in: (1) Triton Bastion; (2) Eolus Bastion. Scales: 1 inch to 10 feet. By Charles Schwallie. Signed Colonel Richard Warren, Commanding RE, 13 December 1880. Dimensions: (1) 69.8 cm x 114.3 cm; (2) 69.8 cm x 101.6 cm.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- F 342
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- WO 78/1614
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:120
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4561291/
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