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Two sets of drawings of a tower to be built on the Beacon Rock, near Leith, Scotland,...
Catalogue reference: MPH 1/210
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- MPH 1/210
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1807-1810
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Description (What the record is about)
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Two sets of drawings of a tower to be built on the Beacon Rock, near Leith, Scotland, and numbered as indicated. (1) no 1: 'Plan of the Lower Floor, of the Tower, proposed to be built on the Beacon Rock, near Leith'; (2) no 2: 'Plan of the Barrack Floor, of the Tower, proposed to be built on the Beacon Rock, near Leith'; (3) no 3: 'Plan of the Platform of the Tower, proposed to be built on the Beacon Rock, near Leith'; (4) no 4: section; (5) no 5: section; (6) no 5: 'Section of a Tower for three heavy Guns to be built on the Beacon Rock, near Leith - June 1810'; (7) no 4: 'Section of a Tower for three heavy Guns to be built on the Beacon Rock, near Leith - June 1810'; (8) no 3: 'Plan of the Platform of a Tower, for three heavy Guns, to be built on the Beacon Rock, near Leith'; (9) no 2: 'Plan of the Barrack Floor, of a Tower for three heavy Guns, to be built on the Beacon Rock, near Leith'; (10) no 1: 'Plan of the Magazine Floor, of a Tower for three heavy Guns, to be built on the Beacon Rock, near Leith'. Reference table on each sheet. Scale: 1 inch to 3 feet. Copies of the first set (1-5) were sent to Mr Rennie on 1 June 1807; and of the second set (6-10) to the Commanding Engineer at Edinburgh on 19 June 1810.
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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 247
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- WO 78/1167
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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)
- 1:36
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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: I. British Isles, c.1410-1860 (London, 1967), entry 4027
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4562017/
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