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Newfoundland: Saint John's (now in Canada). Eight sheets of plans and drawings of...

Catalogue reference: MR 1/926/1-8

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MR 1/926/1-8
Date
1809
Description

Newfoundland: Saint John's (now in Canada). Eight sheets of plans and drawings of barracks proposed to be built on Signal Hill for Royal Engineers officers and the Corps of Royal Military Artificers: (1) front elevation, end elevation and a section; (2) ground floor plan; (3) plans of first and 'half sunk' floors; (4) basement plan and front elevation of an alternative design ('Project No.2'); (5) ground floor plan for project number 2; (6-7) plan, elevation and section of two different designs; (8) plan, elevation and section of a building containing six dwelling houses and an office. Reference tables to buildings and rooms on items (6-7). Scale: (1-5, 8) 1 inch to 10 feet [1:120]; (6-7) 1 inch to 20 feet [1:240]. Items (6-8) signed by Captain E W Durnford, Royal Engineers: (7) 11 September 1809, (6, 8) 20 December 1809.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Physical condition
MS, coloured
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 2. America and West Indies, ed P A Penfold (London, 1974), entry 967
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9442834/

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