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Thirteen sheets of drawings of proposed new barracks at Montreal, made to accompany...

Catalogue reference: MPHH 1/688/31-43

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MPHH 1/688/31-43
Date
1840
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Thirteen sheets of drawings of proposed new barracks at Montreal, made to accompany report and estimate of 12 December 1840. (31) 'Hospital proposed for the Defensible Barrack at Montreal for 51 Patients': plans, sections and elevation. (32) 'Plan, section and elevation of the Canteen, Regimental Store & School for the Defensible Barrack. Montreal'. Scales: plans and elevation 1 inch to 20 feet [1:240]; sections: 1 inch to 10 feet [1:120]. (33) 'Plan and Sections for Privies for Hospital, School, and Barrack Master's Q rs [Quarters] at the Defensible Barrack Montreal'. Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet [1:96]. (34) 'Plan Section and Elevation of a Building to accommodate the Barrack Master, Bar k Serj t and Foreman of Works, also the Barr k and Engineer Office and the Barr k Store for the New Barrack ...'. Scales: plan and elevation: 1 inch to 20 feet; section: 1 inch to 10 feet. By Lieutenant S Westmacott, Royal Engineers, 21 November 1840. (35) Plans, sections and elevation of proposed solitary prison. Scale: 1 inch to 10 feet [1:120]. (36) Plans, sections and elevation of a proposed commissariat stores and officers' privies. Scales: plan and elevation: 1 inch to 20 feet; section: 1 inch to 10 feet. (37) Plan, sections and elevation of officers' stable. Scale: 1 inch to 10 feet [1:120]. (38) Plan of the defensible barrack, with section and elevation of wash-houses. Scale: 1 inch to 20 feet. (41) Plan, section and elevation of the women's privy. Scale: 1 inch to 20 feet. (39) Plan and section of a magazine to hold 200 barrels of powder for an infantry regiment. Scale: 1 inch to 10 feet. Signed by Lieutenant H C B Moody, Royal Engineers, 20 November 1840. (40) Plan, section and elevation of straw-store and engine house. Scale: 1 inch to 10 feet. (42) Plan and sections of proposed freshwater tank. Scale: 1 inch to 10 feet. (43) 'Plan, Sections & Elevation of the Bastion Wall for the New Barracks. Montreal'. Scale: 1 inch to 4 feet [1:48]. Copied by Moody, 8 December 1840. Dimensions of sheets: (31) 43 cm x 42 cm; (32) 28 cm x 43 cm; (33) 21 cm x 27 cm; (34) 27 cm x 41 cm; (35) 41.5 cm x 53.5 cm; (36) 27 cm x 42 cm; (37) 26.5 cm x 41.5 cm; (38) 41.5 cm x 27 cm; (39) 27 cm x 20.5 cm; (40) 27.3 cm x 42 cm; (41) 17.3 cm x 27 cm; (42) 26.4 cm x 41 cm; (43) 26 cm x 41.5 cm.

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English
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MS, coloured
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