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1850 Cast iron tanks and pipes in Victoria Cantonment

1850 Cast iron tanks and pipes in Victoria Cantonment
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The original is at the UK National Archive:

Reference:    MFQ 1/962/7
Description:    
Hong Kong. Plan of part of the cantonment at Victoria showing the position of cast iron water pipes and tanks with stop-cocks and fire plugs, and the sites of a proposed new tank and the first proposed masonry tank and pipes. The relative positions of the proposed additional stop-cocks and fire plugs are also shown. Reference table. Scale: 1 inch to 2 chains. Compass indicator. Signed by John J Wilson, Royal Engineers. Originally accompanying a report by Lieutenant S A St John, Royal Engineers, itself enclosed in a report on the water supply to the Murray Barracks.
Date:    1850

Date picture taken (may be approximate): 
Tuesday, January 1, 1850