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14 items (enclosures in letter of 26 April 1847 from Alexander Brown, Lt Colonel...
Catalogue reference: MPH 1/876
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MPH 1/876
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1847
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14 items (enclosures in letter of 26 April 1847 from Alexander Brown, Lt Colonel CRE) extracted from WO 44/507. Maps and plans of military buildings proposed to be built on the Sober Islands, off Trincomalee, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). (1) Plan of Battery no 1, Little Sober Island. Scale: 1 inch to 20 feet. (2) Sections through proposed Battery no 1, Little Sober Island. Scale: 1 inch to 20 feet. (3) Plan and section of Battery no 2, Little Sober Island. Scale: 1 inch to 20 feet. [?Drawn by] A Ross, Capt RE. (4) Plans and sections of Battery no 3, Great Sober Island. Scale: 1 inch to 20 feet. (5) 'Plan of Great Sober Island, enlarged from the general plan of the harbour; shewing the position of the proposed Batteries N os 3, 4, 5, of Tower N o II and of the other buildings proposed to be erected'. Reference table to fortifications. Scale: 1 inch to 500 feet. Compass indicator. (6) Plan and sections of Batteries nos 4 and 5, Great Sober Island. Scale: 1 inch to 20 feet. [?Drawn by] A Ross, Capt RE. (7-14) Eight plans of individual buildings for Great Sober Island, all at 1 inch to 20 feet: (7) magazine; (8) officers' quarters; (9) soldiers' barracks; (10) officers' cook-house and godown; (11) officers' privy; (12) cook-house; (13) privies; (14) guard house. Dimensions of sheets: (1) 42 cm x 33 cm; (2) 25 cm x 99 cm; (3) 25 cm x 29 cm; (4) 42 cm x 65 cm; (5, 6) 41 cm x 41 cm; (7-14) sizes between 16 cm x 21 cm and 28 cm x 42 cm
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For other items extracted from WO 44/507, see MR 1/1894 MR 1/1895 MPHH 1/685
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English
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Open Document, Open Description
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