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(1-8) 'Explanation of the Eight Plates, relative to the construction of the Barracks...
Catalogue reference: MPH 1/192
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This record is about the (1-8) 'Explanation of the Eight Plates, relative to the construction of the Barracks... dating from 1825 in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- MPH 1/192
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1825
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Description (What the record is about)
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(1-8) 'Explanation of the Eight Plates, relative to the construction of the Barracks in the West Indies. Upon the system originated by Lieut Colonel Sir Charles F. Smith... 11 May 1825': notes on the drawings at MPH 1/192/10-18. (9) Letter of 9 June 1826 to Lt Col Ellicombe from H R Brandreth, Lt RE, describing errors in the drawings. (10-18). Nine sheets (plate 1 is on two sheets) of model plans, elevations and sections of barracks for 200 men in the West Indies: including detailed drawings of girders, joists, ironwork etc. (10-17) each 56 cm x 76 cm; (18) 54.5 cm x 97.5 cm. Lithographed by B R Baker, A Ducôté and B. King. Each sheet signed by Henry R Brandreth, Lt RE.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- G 260
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- WO 78/1136
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 2. America and West Indies, ed P A Penfold (London, 1974), entry 2999
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4561999/
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