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Gibraltar. Sheet bearing a section of a projected breakwater, to be constructed as...

Catalogue reference: MFQ 1/57/34

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MFQ 1/57/34
Date
1842
Description

Gibraltar. Sheet bearing a section of a projected breakwater, to be constructed as a defence against the sea; a section and elevation of the coping and wrought iron railings on the wall of a passage leading to the Orange Demi Bastion; and plans and sections of 3 casemates [i.e. fortified chambers] fitted up as a cookhouse, a guard room and a privy. Scale: 1 inch to 2 feet [1:24] (coping and railings); 1 inch to 10 feet [1:120] (remainder). Pencilled amendments. Originally accompanying a report by Colonel [George] J Harding, Commanding Royal Engineers, 11 August 1842.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Dimensions
44 cm x 110 cm
Physical condition
MS, coloured, on tracing paper
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 4. Europe and Turkey, ed Geraldine Beech (London, 1998), entry 1947
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9092864/

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