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Newfoundland (now part of Canada): St John's. Plans and sections of batteries, showing...
Catalogue reference: MPHH 1/249
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This record is about the Newfoundland (now part of Canada): St John's. Plans and sections of batteries, showing... dating from 1814 in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to extra large flat storage from various.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- MPHH 1/249
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1814
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Description (What the record is about)
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Newfoundland (now part of Canada): St John's. Plans and sections of batteries, showing improvements. Plan and Sections of (1) Fredericks Battery; (2) Chain Battery. (3) Sections of Amherst Battery. (4) Plan of Amherst Battery. Scales: 1 inch to 20 feet. Compass indicators. All by T G W Eaststaff, Royal Military Surveyor and Draughtsman; signed by Lieutenant Colonel E W Durnford, RE, 17 October 1814. Dimensions: (1) 69.1 cm x 51.8 cm; (2) 61 cm x 46.2 cm; (3) 44.7 cm x 70.6 cm; (4) 65 cm x 95.3 cm. These drawings are unusual for their heavy shading and margins in dark brown or green.
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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)
- G 355
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- WO 78/1780A
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- 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)
- 1:240
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- 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: 2. America and West Indies, ed P A Penfold (London, 1974), entry 978
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4561353/
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