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Lagos Colony (now part of Nigeria). 6 sheets of plans and sections of the proposed...

Catalogue reference: MR 1/1729/3-9

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This record is about the Lagos Colony (now part of Nigeria). 6 sheets of plans and sections of the proposed... dating from 1889 in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to rolled storage from various series.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
MR 1/1729/3-9
Date
1889
Description

Lagos Colony (now part of Nigeria). 6 sheets of plans and sections of the proposed new Government House: (3) block plan; (4-7) 4 overlays to item 8, showing alternative plans; (8) sheet bearing plans of the ground and first floors; (9) sheet of elevations and sections. Reference table to item 3. Scale: (3) 1 inch to 16 feet [1:192]; (4-9) 1 inch to 8 feet [1:96]. [By] Governor C A Moloney, Companion of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George. Items 3 and 8-9 signed: F Anderson, Surveyor General, 16 July 1889. Dimensions: (3) 82 cm x 77 cm; (4-7) each 30 cm x 32 cm; (8) 83 cm x 85 cm; (9) 67 cm x 85 cm.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Physical condition
MS, coloured on tracing cloth
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 3. Africa, ed P A Penfold (London, 1982), entry 2146
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9265335/

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