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Russian Empire: Finland: Åland Islands (Ahvenanmaa). Six sheets of drawings of fortifications....
Catalogue reference: WO 78/1031/32-37
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- WO 78/1031/32-37
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1854
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Description (What the record is about)
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Russian Empire: Finland: Åland Islands (Ahvenanmaa). Six sheets of drawings of fortifications. (32) '... Sketch of ground shewing the position of Fort Bomarsund and the adjacent Towers, together with the Casemated Buildings in course of Erection. This Sketch also shows the Encampment of the Allied Troops as well as the site of the French and English Batteries and the Track of the English Heavy Guns': site map. (33) Plan and sections of Fort Bomarsund prior to its destruction by British and French troops. (34) Two floor plans, exterior elevation and section of Fort Nottick prior to its destruction by British troops. (35) Plans of a casemated [i.e. fortified] tower and another building. (36) Plans of casemated foundations. (37) Plan, elevation and sections of part of Fort Nottick. Reference table to item (32). Scale: (32) 1 inch to 200 yards [1:7,200]; (33) 1 inch to 40 feet [1:480] (plan); 1 inch to 20 feet [1:240] (sections); (34-35) 1 inch to 20 feet; (36) 1 inch to 40 feet; (37) 1 inch to 10 feet [1:120] and 1 inch to 4 feet [1:48]. Compass indicator to item (32). Drawn by: (32) Lieutenant C H Nugent, Royal Engineers, 4 November 1854; (33) Sergeant J Jones Royal Sappers and Miners, 7 November 1854; (34) Lieutenant Nugent, 9 November 1854; (35) Lieutenant J C Cowell, Royal Engineers, 7 November 1854; (36) Lieutenant Nugent, 6 November 1854; (37) Lieutenant Cowell, 10 November 1854. Dimensions of sheets: (32) 56 cm x 72 cm; (33) 63 cm x 96 cm; (34) 53.5 cm x 73.5 cm; (35) 54 cm x 75 cm; (36) 54 cm x 75 cm; (37) 56 cm x 84 cm. Originally accompanying a letter from Brigadier General Harry D Jones to the Minister of War, 13 November 1854; this letter is not filed with these drawings.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Russia in Europe /Fortified Towns & Forts/1
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- MR 193 (28-33)
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- MS, coloured
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 4. Europe and Turkey, ed Geraldine Beech (London, 1998), entry 948
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9448420/
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