Royal Engineer’s maps and Plans (Laidler Collection)

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Design for a detached skittle-alley for RE barracks, K.W. Town [Map 37]
(1866-03-03) Thorold, Reginald Gother; Great Britain. Army. Royal Engineers
King William's Town; plan shewing Military Reserve (bounded by red) and proposed extension (in yellow); called for by War Office memo 4th September 1863. Natal 8/110. [Map 36]
(1863-11-23) Crozier, Henry; White, Henry Arthur; Great Britain. Army. Royal Engineers
This plan shows the extent of the Military Reserve in 1863.
King Williams Town: sketch shewing in yellow the approved site of wattle and daub huts, also the approved sites for Officers Quarters 1. Infantry 2. Cape Mounted Rifles. [Map 35]
(1862-07-19) Johnson, Curtis; Renwick, William Turnbull.; White, Henry Arthur; Great Britain. Army. Royal Engineers
The plan shows a section of the barrack area of the Military Reserve in King William's Town where new barracks and officer quarters were to be erected.
Port Elizabeth, Algoa Bay. [Map 34]
(1862-03-19) Simmons, Goerge; Renwick, William Turnbull.; Wynyard, Robert Henry, 1802-1864.; Great Britain. Army. Royal Engineers
Map focuses on the coastline and waters of Algoa Bay, showing beacons lighthouses. Dangerous reefs and breakers at Cape Recife are depicted.
Sketch shewing approximately the boundaries of the Borough of King William's Town. [Map 33]
(1861) Great Britain. Army. Royal Engineers
After 1858, the Borough of King William's Town was created in British Kaffraria, together with other boroughs.