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Ceylon (now Sri Lanka): Peradeniya. (9) 'Plan and sections of the centering for the...

Catalogue reference: MPHH 1/203/8-9

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Reference
MPHH 1/203/8-9
Date
1832
Description

Ceylon (now Sri Lanka): Peradeniya. (9) 'Plan and sections of the centering for the bridge at Paradinia designed by Captain Brown and Lieut Oldershaw of the Corps of Royal Engineers'. Reference table. Scale: 1 inch to 13 feet. Drawn by Lieutenant Oldershaw, RE. Signed by Lieutenant Colonel Henry Vavasour, Commanding RE Ceylon, August 1832 and accompanying his letter to Inspector General of Fortifications, 19 December 1832. The duration of the bridge building works was from 10 January to 9 June 1832. (8) Duplicate of (9).

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The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Dimensions
78 cm x 100 cm
Map scale
1:156
Physical condition
MS, coloured
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9093786/

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