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2 items extracted from CO 879/24/8. (11) Sketch of Camp at Prahsu, Gold Coast (now...

Catalogue reference: MPG 1/1131/11and12

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This record is about the 2 items extracted from CO 879/24/8. (11) Sketch of Camp at Prahsu, Gold Coast (now... dating from 1886 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
MPG 1/1131/11and12
Date
1886
Description

2 items extracted from CO 879/24/8. (11) Sketch of Camp at Prahsu, Gold Coast (now Ghana). Plan and profile of battery, on the south bank of the River Pra, with a proposed magazine, house and camp behind it. Compass indicator. Signed R E Firminger. Lithographed by Frederick Dangerfield. June 1886. (12) 'New Battery at Prahsue constructed entirely by Houssas under command of Inspector Firminger'. A perspective view of the front of the battery facing the River Pra. June 1886.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former reference
MPG 1/1131/11 and 12
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Dimensions
32 cm x 44 cm
Physical condition
Lithographed
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 3. Africa, ed P A Penfold (London, 1982), entry 1108
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8969653/

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