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Cape Colony: Cape Town (now in Cape Province, Republic of South Africa). 5 items....
Catalogue reference: MPHH 1/534
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This record is about the Cape Colony: Cape Town (now in Cape Province, Republic of South Africa). 5 items.... dating from 1895 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 1/534
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1895
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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). 5 items. Plans of Craig's Battery. (1) 'Craig's Battery': title sheet. (2) 'N o 1': site plan: showing range of guns. Approximate scale: 1 inch to 880 yards [1:31,680]. (3) '2': top plan of gun emplacements, caretaker's quarters, shell filling room. Scale: 1 inch to 20 feet. (4) '3': plans and sections of gun emplacements, caretaker's quarters and shell filling room. Scales: plan: 1 inch to 10 feet; sections: 1 inch to 10 feet and 1 inch to 5 feet. (5) '4': plan showing position of Craig's Battery and approximate positions of Salt River mouth in 1860-1895. Scale: 1 inch to 200 feet [1:2400]. Compass indicators. Signed by Colonel F W Nixon, Commanding Royal Engineer, South Africa, April-July 1895; (3)-(5) initialled H W C [H W Clark], Superintending Clerk, Royal Engineers, July 1895. Stamped: Commander Royal Engineers, South Africa plan numbers 397-399 and 448 respectively. Dimensions: (1) and (3)-(5) 70 cm x 103 cm; (2) 50 cm x 64 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 447; A 115
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- WO 78/2693
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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- 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 2679
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4561638/
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