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AMICUS No. 31687285
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NAME(S):*Murray, T. A. L
Eaststaff, Thomas George William, 1772-1854
TITLE(S): [Architectural plans of Fort Amherst] [cartographic
material] / [by T.A.L. Murray and T.G.W. Eaststaff]
PUBLISHER: [1810 and 1863].
DESCRIPTION: 8 maps ; 22 x 28 cm.

NOTES: Scales differ.
[No. 1. Working drawing for rebuilding Fort Amherst].
Scale [1:96]. 8 feet to 1 inch. On sheet 33.2 x
54.6 cm. -- [No. 2]. Amherst tower & battery : [front]
Elevation on the line CD. Scale [1:60]. 5 feet to one
inch. On sheet 50.8 x 67.4 cm. -- [No. 3]. Section on
the line AB : Amherst Tower south side, St. John's
Newfoundland. June 20, 1810 / T.G.W. Eaststaff. Scale
[1:240]. 20 feet to an inch. 39.6 x 70.9 cm. On verso
is "Amherst Tower section of No. 4 A". -- [No. 4].
Amherst Tower & Battery section through D.E.F.G.
Showing an elevation of the s. side of tower. Scale
[1:300]. 25 feet to an inch. 35.6 x 74.5 cm. On verso
is "Amherst Tower section of No. 3 A" and "Section of
Amherst Tower No. 3". -- [No. 5]. Plan and section of
the barrack and lighthouse at Fort Amherst St. John's,
Newfoundland, 1810 / T.G.W. Eaststaff. Scale [1:60].
5 feet to an inch. 38.6 x 62.2 cm. In lower right is
"office plan" and below border in lower right is date
of June 2, 1810. On verso in ink is "Barrack
light-house & battery dated 1810," and "No. 49". --
[No. 6]. Plan of Fort Amherst as altered & rebuilt in
1862 to receive a new armament of 5-69 pr. of 95 buit /
surveyd & drawn by T.A.L. Murray May 1863. Scale
[1:96]. 8 feet to 1 inch. On sheet 54.5 x 82.7 cm. .
-- [No.7]. Fort Amherst : plan of the soldier's barrack
and light house keeper's quarters taken from actual
measurement by T.A.L. Murray, Sept. 1863. Scale [1:96]
8 feet to 1 inch. On sheet 55.5 x 76.5 cm. -- [No.
8. Battery at Fort Amherst - overview / T.G.W.
Eaststaff? 1810?]. Scale [ca. 1:127]. 96.3 x 52.9 cm.
Includes plan of fort and elevations and plans of
buildings. On verso in ink is "Battery at Fort Amherst
no. 7" (or might be 1), "D (5)" and "No. 18".
Photographs of col., ms. maps in the Newfoundland
Provincial Resource Library.
CLASSIFICATION: LC Call no.: G3439.S33:2F6 svar .M8

SUBJECTS: Fort Amherst (St. John's, N.L.)--Designs and plans

Created: 2002-07-08
Updated: 2003-11-19

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