Plans and technical drawings of devices in Aden proposed by Lieutenant Colonel C.W. Grant

Content

Distinctive Features:

Compiled and signed by a Special Committee on the Aden defences formed of Engineers Major Artillery William Jacob and Major C.W. Grant, with date 23rd April 1844.

Include:

1. ‘FURNANCE for heating SHOT’.

2. ‘Raft for extending a Pier into deep water Composed of Hollow Spheres made of Sheet Iron or Copper shewing the mode of fixing the Superstructure to sustain two railways’ with two figures showing the structure of metal spheres.

3. ‘Elevation of a 24 Pr. Cast Iron Traversing Platform, Front Pivot’.

4. ‘Proposed Plan for the European Barracks at Aden, composed of Bomb proof Casemates and Terraced Rooms’ with longitudinal section through Barrack and floor plans.

5. Elevation and plan of the ‘Cast iron traversing, platform rear pivot’.

Lettered for reference with keys and explanatory notes provided.

Labels:

On verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. , upper right:

‘Duplicate ADEN Traversing Platform for a 24 Pr. Furnance for heating Shot, Raft for extending a Pier into deep water, & Bombproof Barracks for Europeans’.

Extent and format

1 sheet

Area map covers

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Scale

differ

Scale designator

Horizontal

Orientation

North

Degree coordinates

Top-left: 12° 49' 15.29" N, 44° 57' 52.64" E
Top-right: 12° 49' 15.29" N, 45° 4' 55.96" E
Bottom-left: 12° 44' 57.6" N, 44° 57' 52.64" E
Bottom-right: 12° 44' 57.6" N, 45° 4' 55.96" E

Physical characteristics

Materials:

Pen and ink with wash on paper

Dimensions:

771 x 1324 mm

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Map

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: Map Collections

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/X/3238

Former British Library reference

U.I.14

History of this record

Date(s)

1844 (CE, Gregorian)

Related material

Places

Aden

People & organisations

William JacobC.W. Grant

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