Printed chart showing the relative situation of Portland, Portsmouth and Plymouth with Cherbourg, to show the practicability of a breakwater for Portland Roads.

Printed chart showing the relative situation of Portland, Portsmouth and Plymouth with Cherbourg, to show the practicability of a breakwater for Portland Roads, by John Harvey, junior. Published by B. Benson, Weymouth, and dedicated to The Right Honourable Lord Viscount Melville, undated.

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ID:	CMP/3/3
Type:	Manuscript
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	circa 1800
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	1 item
Parts:	Plans and letters associated with the engineer John Rennie (1761-1821) (Manuscript) Ink and watercolour plan of a naval arsenal proposed to be constructed on the marsh between Greenhithe and Northfleet. (Manuscript) (CMP/3/1) Ink and watercolour plan of a naval arsenal proposed to be constructed on the marsh between Greenhithe and Northfleet in Kent. (Manuscript) (CMP/3/2) Printed chart showing the relative situation of Portland, Portsmouth and Plymouth with Cherbourg, to show the practicability of a breakwater for Portland Roads. (Manuscript) (CMP/3/3) Memorandum by Rennie to Lord Viscount Melville on the new dock and harbour at Cherbourg, dated 9 January 1817. (Manuscript) (CMP/3/4) Printed plan of the West India docks at London designed by Ralph Walker, published 1 January 1802. (Manuscript) (CMP/3/5) Printed plan and explanation of the Royal Clarence Canal, proposed to be constructed between Woolwich and Erith on the River Thames, published in December 1812. (Manuscript) (CMP/3/6) Memorandum by Rennie to Melville about the West India Docks and the canal across the Isle of Dogs in London, dated 31 July 1820. (Manuscript) (CMP/3/7)

Printed chart showing the relative situation of Portland, Portsmouth and Plymouth with Cherbourg, to show the practicability of a breakwater for Portland Roads.

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