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Cape Colony: Cape Town (now in Cape Province, Republic of South Africa). '... Table...
Catalogue reference: MPHH 1/527
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This record is about the Cape Colony: Cape Town (now in Cape Province, Republic of South Africa). '... Table... dating from 1891-1894 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 1/527
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1891-1894
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Description (What the record is about)
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Cape Colony: Cape Town (now in Cape Province, Republic of South Africa). '... Table Bay Record Plan Three Anchor Bay Battery Site Plan': showing batteries and adjacent streets and property. Reference note on seaward approaches to the battery and difficulties in landing. Approximate scale: 1 inch to 10 Cape Rood [1:1478]. Compass indicator. Drawn by Sapper J Trussler, Royal Engineers, 15 May 1891. Signed by Captain H H Massy, Royal Engineers, Officer in Charge Table Bay Defence Works, 27 May 1891; and Colonel G Philips, Commanding Royal Engineer, South Africa, 17 June 1891. MS additions. Overlay shows land handed back to the Colony for the railway, 1894; initialled C E I, 2 March 1894.
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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 417
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- WO 78/2310
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 58 cm x 101 cm
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- MS, coloured
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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: 3. Africa, ed P A Penfold (London, 1982), entry 2674
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4561631/
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