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(1, 2) A list of photographs to be taken of War Department properties in Bermuda....
Catalogue reference: MPH 1/669
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This record is about the (1, 2) A list of photographs to be taken of War Department properties in Bermuda.... dating from 1877-1880 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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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MPH 1/669
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1877-1880
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Description (What the record is about)
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(1, 2) A list of photographs to be taken of War Department properties in Bermuda. The list is signed by G H Gordon, Colonel CRE, 18 February 1880.
With the list are thirteen plans showing forts, barracks, defence works and other War Department property (see below): some points numbered and lettered on the plans correspond to entries in the list. All the plans are signed by J J Leverson, Lt RE, and were originally drawn to accompany the Commanding Royal Engineer's letter of 17 December 1877.
(3) Plan of part of St George's Island. Scale: 1 inch to 100 feet.
(4) Plan of part of Boaz Island. Scale: 1 inch to 20 yards.
(5) Plan of part of Prospect Hill. Scale: 1 inch to 200 feet.
(6) Plan of Fort Langton. No scale shown.
(7) Plan of Fort Hamilton. No scale shown.
(8) Plan of Fort Prospect. Scale: 1 inch to 30 feet.
(9) Plan of Alexandra Battery. Scale: 1 inch to 30 feet.
(10) Plan of the Scaur Hill position. Scale: 1 inch to 200 feet.
(11) Plan of Fort Cunningham. Scale: 1 inch to 20 feet.
(12) Plan of part of Ireland Island. Scale: 1 inch to 160 feet.
(13) Plan of part of Agar's Island. Scale: 1 inch to 40 feet.
(14) Plan of part of Hamilton. Scale: 1 inch to 200 feet.
(15) Plan of Little Whale Battery for three guns. Scale: 1 inch to 10 feet.
(16) Blank sheet formerly used as a wrapper.
Dimensions of sheets: sizes between 66 cm x 91 cm and 28 cm x 45 cm. -
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- The National Archives, Kew
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- WO 78/2233
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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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 3266
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4562476/
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(1, 2) A list of photographs to be taken of War Department properties in Bermuda....
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