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Gibraltar: three plans relating to a 'Project for a Machine to raise water over the...

Catalogue reference: MPH 1/888/17-19

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MPH 1/888/17-19
Date
1829
Description

Gibraltar: three plans relating to a 'Project for a Machine to raise water over the Line Wall for the purpose of cleansing the Drains'. (17) Side elevation. Scale: 6.5 inches to 15 feet [1:28]. (18) 'Elevation towards the Sea' and 'Back view showing the capstans'. Reference table. Scale: 5.7 inches to 13 feet [1:27]. (19) Diagram showing the mechanism of the machine. All originally enclosed in Joseph Cheetham's letter of 9 May 1829 to R Byham. Dimensions of sheets: (17) 52 cm x 75 cm; (18) 51 cm x 71 cm; (19) 40 cm x 58 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
Publication note(s)
Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 4. Europe and Turkey, ed Geraldine Beech (London, 1998), entry 1902.
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9093260/

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