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(10) 'Plan of the Breach occasioned by the fall of the Rock at Quebec'. Scale: 1...

Catalogue reference: MPHH 1/699/10and13

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This record is about the (10) 'Plan of the Breach occasioned by the fall of the Rock at Quebec'. Scale: 1... dating from 1841 in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to extra large flat storage from various.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
MPHH 1/699/10and13
Date
1841
Description

(10) 'Plan of the Breach occasioned by the fall of the Rock at Quebec'. Scale: 1 inch to 50 feet [1:300]. (13) 'Sections on the breach ...'. Scale: 1 inch to 20 feet [1:240]. Both drawn by Frederick Towers, Lieutenant 23rd Fusiliers, Assistant Royal Engineer. Signed by Lieutenant R J Nelson, Commanding Royal Engineer, to accompany his report of 30 June 1841 on the landslip at Quebec, in which he discusses Major Baron's proposal for dealing with the avalanche. Dimensions of sheets: (10) 28 cm x 45 cm; (13) 45 cm x 137.5cm.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former reference
MPHH 1/699/10 and 13
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Dimensions
28 cm x 45 cm
Physical condition
MS
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9415960/

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