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Catalogue description Heligoland (now Helgoland, Germany). Three sheets, comprising two copies of a set of...
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| Reference: | MR 1/1880/3-5 |
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| Description: |
Heligoland (now Helgoland, Germany). Three sheets, comprising two copies of a set of plans and elevations of a blockhouse, with detailed measurements; item (5) consists of two joined sheets, with items (3-4) being copies of the right-hand and left-hand sheets respectively. Reference notes on materials and construction to items (3) and (5). Scale:1 inch to 4 feet. [Copied from original drawings] dated 19 August 1807; copied by 'R T', December 1811. A note to item (5) states: 'The original of this plan was prepared by the Contractors, Messrs Adams & Co. of Lambeth, in August 1807, for a Blockhouse; and which was ordered by the Master General to be erected at Heligoland. The construction is the same as for one ordered for St. Domingo [?i.e. Santo Domingo, Hispaniola (now in the Dominican Republic)] some time before'. |
| Date: | 1811 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Map scale: | 1:48 |
| Physical condition: | MS, coloured |
| Closure status: | Open Document, Open Description |
| Publication note: |
Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 4. Europe and Turkey, ed Geraldine Beech (London, 1998), entry 1646 |
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