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RE Plan No. 08 — Cabul Defences No. 8 Blockhouse

Ground plan and section of the main military fortification, erected on the ridge of the Koh-e Sher Darwaza mountain by the Royal Engineers under the command of Lieut.-Col. Æ. Perkins, R.E.
[Plan, recto:] Cabul Defences No. 8 / Blockhouse on Shahr-Durwazah for 2 Companies. // Constructed by / Captain Brackenbury, R.E., / and Captain Kensington, R.E. // (Sd). Æ. Perkins, Lieut.-Col., R.E., & Colonel / Commanding R.E., 1st & 2nd Divisions, / Northern Afghanistan Field Force. / Litho. T.C. Press, Roorkee. / No. 1419-24.
  • Collection Cabul Defences, Photos-No. 14, 14 A and 15
  • Collection Royal Engineers, Photos-No. RE 104 – RE 106
Bild Nr.
RE Plan No. 08
Sammlung
Royal Engineers Museum, Library and Archive 1878-1880 1878-1880
Serie
RE 100-115, Confidential Photographs/Plans
Format
Original drawing: 340/430 mm
Qualität
Original drawing: good
Ort, Datum
Kabul, 1880
Deskriptoren
  • 0101. Kabul City
  • 1.54 Buildings and Site Plans
  • 2.126 Kabul and SE-Afghanistan
  • 4.364 Second A.-A. War (1878-1880)
  • 4.83 Military Installations, Buildings
  • Breitengrad / Längengrad34.500735 / 69.171025
    Google Earth34°30'03" N / 69°10'15" E / 2190 m
    Survey of India MapSheet 38 (1917), Kabul: Kabul, 2B 26

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