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Canada West (now Ontario, Canada): Kingston. Seven sheets of plans, elevations and...

Catalogue reference: MR 1/1000/2-8

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This record is about the Canada West (now Ontario, Canada): Kingston. Seven sheets of plans, elevations and... dating from 1845-1846 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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MR 1/1000/2-8
Date
1845-1846
Description

Canada West (now Ontario, Canada): Kingston. Seven sheets of plans, elevations and sections of Fort Henry, showing towers and other defences, proposed to be built or in the process of construction. Scale: (2) 1 inch to 10 feet [1:120]; (3) 1 inch to 20 feet [1:240] and 1 inch to 10 feet; (4) 1 inch to 100 feet [1:1,200]; (5-8) 1 inch to 8 feet [1:96]. Compass indicator to item (4). [By] (2, 4) R Pilkington; (3) Captain I A Russell, 93rd Highlanders; (5) [illegible]; (6) Lieutenant J Woods, 81st Regiment; (7-8) Captain J E Alexander, 14th Regiment. All sheets signed by Colonel W C E Holloway. Three overlays, showing additional details, are attached to the face of item (3). Originally accompanied reports dated: (2-4) 10 November 1845; (5-8) 28 January 1846.

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The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Physical condition
MS, coloured, on tracing paper
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9442894/

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