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Newfoundland (now part of Canada). (11) ['Plan of the Battery and Square Tower on...
Catalogue reference: MPHH 1/275
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This record is about the Newfoundland (now part of Canada). (11) ['Plan of the Battery and Square Tower on... dating from 1774-1775 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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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MPHH 1/275
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1774-1775
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Description (What the record is about)
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Newfoundland (now part of Canada). (11) ['Plan of the Battery and Square Tower on the South Head of the Entrance into the Harbour of S t. John's in Newfoundland as Proposed by Lieu t Robert Pringle Chief Engineer'.] Compass indicator. Overlay plan of the battery. The title is missing on this original plan. (12) Copy of (11) by F Gould, 16 October 1775. (1)-(5) Sections and elevations of the tower, battery and coastal slope; (2) and (5) by John Potter, [?1774]; (4) by James Evans, 26 February 1774. (6)-(10) Duplicates of (1)-(5); (8) by John Potter. All at scale: 1 inch to 25 feet. Dimensions: (1) and (6) 34 cm x 72 cm; (2) and (8) 40 cm x 52 cm; (3) and (7) 40 cm x 54 cm; (4) and (9) 30.5 cm x 71.5 cm; (5) and (10) 37 cm x 96 cm; (11) 100.3 cm x 73.7 cm; (12) 116.8 cm x 74.7 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)
- X 15/11
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- WO 78/1880
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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)
- 1:300
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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 954
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4561379/
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