File:Gibraltar Model 1865 (21).jpg

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English: This view shows the north face of the Rock with its totally sheer cliff. The top has always been a military observation post and remains out of bounds today. Lower down the cliff can be seen a vertical pillar of rock attached to the main rock face. This is known as the Notch in which canons were placed after extensive tunnelling during the early 18 century. Views from a model of Gibraltar in en:Gibraltar Museum. The model is 8 meter's long at a scale of 1/600 or 1inch = 50ft which represents the almost 3 mile length of Gibraltar

It was completed in 1865 from a survey by Lient. Charles Waren R.E. under the direction of Major General Frome R.E. it was coloured after nature by Captain B.A. Branfill of 86 Regiment 1868.

These pictures are from DiscoverGibraltar.com and are generously given by the site and its auithor Jim Crone
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Source http://www.discovergibraltar.com/pages/mainlogo/mainfrm.htm
Author Jim Crone

This photograph and text are taken from DiscoverGibraltar.com in August 2012. They were given to the Gibraltarpedis project by Jim Crone and this gift was recorded in the gibraltar Chronicle.

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