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Cover originally containing MPH 1/206/2-6.
Catalogue reference: MPH 1/206/1
Date: [19th century]
Cover originally containing MPH 1/206/2-6.
Item
Five sheets of drawings of a proposed lighthouse at Europa Point, Gibraltar. (1)...
Catalogue reference: MPH 1/888/9-13
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- MPH 1/888/9-13
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1836
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Description (What the record is about)
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Five sheets of drawings of a proposed lighthouse at Europa Point, Gibraltar. (1) 'Plan 1. Sketch of Europa Gibraltar'. Scale: 1 inch to 400 feet [1:48,000]. (2) 'Plan 2... Outline Trace from Reiner's Chart of the Strait of Gibraltar. published by Purdy, Tooke's Court'. Scale (calculated from latitude): 15.8 inches to 45 minutes [1:207,524]. (3) 'Plan 3... Section of proposed Light House at Europa'. Scale: 1 inch to 20 feet [1:2,400]; '20 f t.' has been crossed out and 'query 10 feet to an Inch' inserted. (4) 'Plan 4... Proposed Light House from the North West, the lantern drawn as it appears from the West'. Scale: 1 inch to 12 feet; '12 f t.' has been crossed out and 'query 10 feet to an Inch' inserted in pencil. (5) 'Plan 5... Proposed Light House for Estimate 2'. Measurement above sea level given in right margin. Scale: 1 inch to 12 feet [1:144]; '12 f t.' has been crossed out and 'query 10 feet to an Inch' inserted in pencil. All signed by Edward Aldrich, Lt RE; and by Cornelius Mann, Col CRE, to accompany his report dated 14 April 1836. The amendments to the scales are all initialled by 'S.B.H.' [S B Howlett].
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 44 cm x 28 cm
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- MS
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 4. Europe and Turkey, ed Geraldine Beech (London, 1998), entry 2101.
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9093257/
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