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Four sheets of drawings of Blockhouse Fort, Gosport. Hampshire. (1) Section, with...
Catalogue reference: MPH 1/726
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This record is about the Four sheets of drawings of Blockhouse Fort, Gosport. Hampshire. (1) Section, with... dating from 1799 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 1/726
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1799
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Four sheets of drawings of Blockhouse Fort, Gosport. Hampshire. (1) Section, with overlay showing alternative construction. Scale: 1 inch to 10 feet. (2) Interior elevation of the Grand Battery. Scale: 1 inch to 20 feet. (3) Plan of the fort, showing proposed alterations to the grand Battery. Scale: 1 inch to 50 feet. Compass indicator. (4) Plan of the fort as existing, showing defective walls. Scale: 1 inch to 50 feet. Compass indicator. Each sheet is signed byJohn Evelegh, Commanding Royal Engineer, Portsmouth. Dimensions of sheets: (1) 29.5 cm x 46 cm; (2) 25 cm x 83.8 cm; (3) 53 cm x 67 cm; (4) 83.3 cm x 83.3 cm.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- WO 78/847
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- Public Record(s)
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- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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