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Twenty-one sheets of drawings of the military hospital and barracks at Victoria,...

Catalogue reference: MPH 1/861/1-21

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MPH 1/861/1-21
Date
1844
Description

Twenty-one sheets of drawings of the military hospital and barracks at Victoria, Hong Kong. (1) 'Elevation of the Military Hospital for Victoria for 120 Patients ...'. Scale: 9.5 inches to 110 feet. (2) 'Ground Plan of Hospital at Hong Kong'. Scale: 14.2 inches to 160 feet. (3) 'Plan of First and Second Floor of Hospital. Hong Kong'. Scale: 14.2 inches to 160 feet. (4) 'Disposition of the Barracks B and C with Sewers and Drains and their relative altitudes above Mean Water Mark'. Compass indicator. (5) 'Ground Plan. Soldiers Barracks B'. Scale: 11.3 inches to 130 feet. (6) 'Ground plan. Soldiers Barracks C'. Scale: 11.4 inches to 130 feet. (7) 'B and C Barracks. Plan of Upper Floors'. (8) 'Sections through the Military Hospital at Victoria and applicable to B, C, D and E Barracks'. Scale: 14.2 inches to 81 feet. (9) 'Section of Gallery for B, C, D & H Barrack'. (10) 'Section of Roof for B, C, D, E & H Barracks'. Scale: 12 inches to 16 feet. (11) 'Elevation of the East and West Wings advanced on the front of the Military Hospital D and E'. (12) 'Ground Plan of East Wing to Hospital'. Scale: 8 inches to 90 feet. (13) 'Second & Third Floor of East Wing to Hospital, 1844'. Plan showing rooms for lying-in ward and for surgeon's quarters. Scale: 6.25 inches to 70 feet. (14) 'Outbuildings for Hospital 1844': plans, sections and elevations. Scale: 11.15 inches to 111 feet [1 inch to 10 feet]. (15) 'Ground Plan of Building forming in Elevation, West Wing to Hospital'. Scale: 7 inches to 80 feet. (16) 'Second & Third Floors of West Wing to Hospital'. Scale: 7 inches to 80 feet. (17) 'Section and Elevation of Boundary and Retaining wall for E Barrack West Wing'. On the same sheet is: 'Section of Sewer for E, D and H, C Barracks'. (18) 'Section of Boundary Wall and paving on South Side of Hospital and Wings for same D and E. Barracks'. (19) 'Section of Drain for Hospital. Length 340 feet' and 'Section of Main Drain for European Hospital Victoria. Length 180 feet'. (20) 'Plan and Elevation of Boundary Wall and paving on South Side of the Military Hospital and for the Wings D and E'. Scale: 11 inches to 55 feet. (21) 'Plan showing the Relative Position of the Buildings H, D & E'. No scale shown. Each sheet signed by Edward Aldrich, Major RE. Dimensions of sheets: (1) 33 cm x 67 cm; (2, 3) 42 cm x 60 cm; (4) 40 cm x 32 cm; (5) 33 cm x 61 cm; (6) 30 cm x 68 cm; (7) 27 cm x 71 cm; (8) 41 cm x 75 cm; (9) 35 cm x 105 cm; (10) 35 cm x 59 cm; (11) 37 cm x 64 cm; (12) 29 cm x 49 cm; (13) 32 cm x 41 cm; (14) 50 cm x 37 cm; (15) 29 cm x 37 cm; (16) 28 cm x 34 cm; (17) 32 cm x 28 cm; (18) 28 cm x 38 cm; (19) 43 cm x 28 cm; (20) 32 cm x 75 cm; (21) 31 cm x 34 cm.

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The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Physical condition
MS
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8971929/

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