• Title
  Architectural drawings of Longridge Gaol, Norfolk Island, before 1847 / various architects
• Call number
  DLADD 75
  
• Level of description
  item
• Date
  
  before 1847
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Architectural and Technical Drawings
• Reference code
  949775
• Physical Description
  7 architectural drawings (1 folder)
  
• Scope and Content
  A. Present gaol at Longridge : proposed improvements / A. Maconochie.
  Scales 10 and 20 feet to an inch
  architectural drawing : col. ; on sheet 50 x 71.8 cm.
  Shows front and side elevation, section on line AB, section on line CD, section on line EF, ground and first floor plans
  
  B. Proposed alterations on approved penitentiary / A. Maconochie.
  Scale not given
  [Between 1833 and 1842]
  architectural drawing : col. ; on sheet 44 x 56 cm.
  Shows 1st and 2nd floor plans, and side elevation/section of proposed penitentiary.
  Dating: [between 1833 and 1842]: watermark "J. Whatman 1833" suggests an earliest date, and the date 1842 is on the sheet but has been erased.
  Location: Alexander Maconochie was Superintendent of the Penal Colony at Norfolk Island from 1840-1844 [Australian Dictionary of Biography Online]. With the plans showing a date of 1842 it is likely these plans are for Norfolk Island.
  Top left corner and verso: "B".
  "Scale on dimensions form [?]."
  
  Sketch illustrative of proposed alterations in prisoner's barracks, Norfolk Island
  Scale 20 feet to an inch
  architectural drawing : col. ; on sheet 22.4 x 36.6 cm.
  Shows section on AB and section on CD, present arrangement (floor plan no.1) and showing alteration (floor plan no.2)
  
  Plan and elevation of lumber-yard, Norfolk Island
  Scales 20 and 40 feet to an inch
  architectural drawing : col. ; on sheet 23 x 30.3 cm.
  Shows front elevation and floor plan
  
  Plan of prisoner's barracks, Norfolk Island
  Scale 30 feet to an inch
  architectural drawing : col. ; on sheet 45.5 x 38.8 cm.
  Shows floor plans of the three storeys
  
  Plan and section of a proposed building for the reception of convicts, giving to each prisoner the advantage of a separate sleeping birth [sic] / William Crawford, Whitworth Rupelly, Home Inspector of Prisons
  Scale 5 feet to an inch
  architectural drawing : col. ; on sheet 68 x 94 cm.
  Shows section through A,B and floor plan
  
  D. Plan of proposed thrashing mills & barns / A. Maconochie
  Scale [ca. 1:120]
  Scale [ca. 1:240]
  architectural drawing : col. ; on sheet 51 x 60 cm.
  4 plans: elevation, plan, section on line AB, and "proposed tram road to facilitate the carriage of stones & lime to the interiors."
  Dating: [between 1830 and 1844]: watermark "J. Whatman Turkey Mill 1830" suggests an earliest date, and Alexander Maconochie was Superintendent of the Penal Colony at Norfolk Island from 1840-1844 [Australian Dictionary of Biography Online].
  Top left corner and verso: "D".
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Crown copyright expired
  Please acknowledge:: Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  Proposed alterations on approved penitentiary / A. Maco transferred from Dixson Map Collection Cb 84/41, November 2011
  Plan of proposed thrashing mills & barns / A. Maconochie transferred from Dixson Map Collection Cb 84/42, November 2011
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Maconochie, Alexander, 1787-1860
  
• Subject
  Prisons--New South Wales.
  Public buildings--Norfolk Island.
  Dixson Library (N.S.W.)
  
• Topic
  architectural drawings
  floor plans
  prisons
  timber yards
  carpentry workshops
  
• Place
  Norfolk Island
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE19885347

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