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Offline dwsi

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St George's Harbour
« on: September 22, 2011, 09:21:19 pm »
1853 ST. GEORGE'S HARBOUR REPORT +FOLDING MAP SHIPPING WRECKS ADMIRALTY 1ST HMSO | eBay http://bit.ly/mVpa4E
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Offline Fester

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Re: St George's Harbour
« Reply #1 on: September 22, 2011, 09:33:38 pm »
It says its 160 years old... but surely its a modern copy, isn't it?

If not, its a fantastic piece of history....  $walesflag$

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Offline DaveR

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Re: St George's Harbour
« Reply #2 on: September 22, 2011, 10:01:20 pm »
It looks original to me...
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Offline Blodyn

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Re: St George's Harbour
« Reply #3 on: September 27, 2011, 04:25:21 pm »
Well, I've bought it and it looks original to me!  Thanks for the information, Dwsi.  I thought that there might have been some of you bidding against me but there was only one other bid. 

I've scanned the document as well as I can but my scanner's only A4 while the document is foolscap and is sewn together.  As Fester says, it's an historic document so I don't want to bend or fold it too much. 

I'm not sure how well these will come out and I do want you to be able to read the document, so let me know if you've got any suggestions for improving the quality. 
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Offline Blodyn

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Re: St George's Harbour
« Reply #4 on: September 27, 2011, 04:28:16 pm »
Not very good quality, is it?

Here's the map.  It's a double page, fold-out map, so I've had to scan it in two bits and stick it together. 
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« Reply #5 on: September 27, 2011, 11:23:15 pm »
Fascinating.

The extent of the harbour wall enclosure would have been a formidable engineering project.

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Offline DaveR

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Re: St George's Harbour
« Reply #6 on: December 18, 2011, 04:58:06 pm »
Quote from: Fester on September 27, 2011, 11:23:15 pm
Fascinating.

The extent of the harbour wall enclosure would have been a formidable engineering project.
The present harbour wall at Holyhead is massive, this would have been a similar size.
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