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Gibraltar. (15) 'Sketch showing the Site and Appropriation of the Public Buildings...

Catalogue reference: MPH 1/888/15-16

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MPH 1/888/15-16
Date
1832
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Gibraltar. (15) 'Sketch showing the Site and Appropriation of the Public Buildings in the South Bastion and its vicinity'. Reference table to buildings. Scale: 4 inches to 200 feet [1:600]. Compass indicator. (16) 'Sketch of the Ground in the rear of Princess of Wales's Battery showing the Situation proposed for the new Laboratory Establishment'. Reference table. Scale: plan 1 inch to 20 feet [1:240]; section 1 inch to 10 feet [1:120]; site plan 1 inch to 200 feet [1:2,400]. Compass indicator. Both originally enclosed in letter of 23 January 1832 from Cornelius Mann, Col CRE, to the Respective Officers at Gibraltar, about the choice of site for a new laboratory following an explosion. Dimensions of sheets: (15) 27 cm x 44 cm; (16) 55 cm x 40 cm.

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The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
Language
English
Physical condition
MS, coloured
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 1921.
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9093259/

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