‘Plan shewing the Old Line of Field Works across the Isthmus of Aden and the line of Permanent Works proposed for construction’
Date:
1842/1842
Description:
Abstract: Distinctive Features:Include enlarged plan: ‘Plan of temporary Field Work thrown up to screen the workmen, Guards &ca.’ and two sections. Lettered for reference with some measurements reported.Inscriptions:On recto:In the lower left-hand corner: ‘Executive Engineer’s Office Aden June 24th 1842’In the lower left-hand corner below neat line: ‘Copied in the Chief Engineer’s Office Bombay 31st October 1842’ and ‘Examined by J.M. Gonsalves Hol. Draughtsman’.In the lower right-hand corner: ‘(Signed) J.A. Curtis Lieutenant’.Physical description: Materials:Pen and ink with wash on paperDimensions:500 x 726 mm, on sheet 530 x 755 mm