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CONSTRUCTION
CHRONOLOGY FOR THE ROYAL BATTERY:
ACTUAL AND PROPOSED
1714 - PRESENT
BY
ERIC KRAUSE
SEPTEMBER, 1982
Report H B 16
Return (Table of Contents) /retour
1735 - 1739
ABBREVIATIONS:
Date | P | A | PA | Description of Activity | Comment | Reference |
1735 | A |
Repairs to the barracks building A. Officers' Guard Room
1.
lock to the door B. Officers' Rooms
1. 4 glass panes for the frame in the door
of the tambours of the first two officers'
rooms C. Magasin Des Vivres 1. 9 glass panes and a window frame for the attic dormer of the Magasin des Vivres D. Artillery Magasin 1.
a stair like that in the
Magasin des Vivres for the artillery magasin for access to the
attic E. Latrines
1. a strap hinge and locking belt for the
door of the latrines facing the ditch F. Soldiers Guard Room
1. 2 glass panes for the frame in the door
of the soldiers guard room G. Soldiers' Rooms
1. 2 glass panes for one of the window
frames of the first soldiers' room G. Bakery
1. 2 glass panes for one of the window frames
of the bakery H. Latrines
1. a locking bolt to secure the door
of the latrines which faces the ditch |
6 October 1735, C11B, Vol. 17, folios 115-117; 11 December 1735, C11B, Vol. 17, folio 94v, 95v-96; 1 May 1736, C11B, Vol. 18, folio 191-191v; 28 October 1735, Vol. 17, folio 18v, 252v, 253v. | |||
A |
I. Chemin de la Batterie Royalle
1. payments made for tools, nails, wood,
etc. and wages for work on the chemins
de miré, de la Batterie Royalle and de la Baleine |
ditto | ||||
A |
- Precise Inventory 1. of the items in the officers and soldiers rooms
- door replaced and supplied with a lock and a
pair of 1 112 pied long strap hinges |
ditto | ||||
1736 | A | -
Basements
1. under the officers' rooms - artillery items stored in a room controlled by one key (and one lock) an artillery storehouse controlled by two keys (and two locks) is not yet available in the Royal Battery - powder magasin is being used however |
13 September 1736, C11B, Vol. 18, folios 306-308v; 3 November 1738, C11B, Vol. 20, folios 209v, 212v; 6 November 1736, Vol. 18, folios 291-292; 20 December 1736, C11B, Vol. 18, folio 125-126; 8 December 1736, C11B, Vol. 18, folios 117-117v; 16 April 1737, B, folio 457-457v; 1 November 1738, C11B, Vol. 20, folio 232v; 10 November 1736, C11B, Vol. 18, folio 27vv-276. | |||
P |
Finish off or Repair A. officer latrines in the left flank
1 . replace the 1 1/2
pieds long strap hinge of the door which opens onto
the ditch 1. place for the first time a door of Boston boards with two 2 pieds long strap hinges and a loquet C. Artillery storehouse adjoining the tower
1. place a stairway or ladder for the
first time in order to climb to the attic D. Attic of the Magasin des Vivres adjoining the Artillery magasin 1. place the dormer frame and glass for the first time E. Chapel following 1. replace a glass pane in one of the leaves of a window frame F. Officers' Rooms
G. Officers Guard Room 1. 3 replacement glass panes for the transom frame above the door H Prison 1. repair the door bolt I. Entry barrier gate to the fort 1. repair the lock J. Soldiers Guard Room in continuing the description of the building
1. first time glass panes for the two
leaves of the window frame K. Bascule
1 first time hardware: two hinges, and
a ring for the trap door of the L. Attic Above
1. build a staircase or ladder for
climbing to the attic M. Soldiers' Rooms
N. Bakery
0. Right flank soldiers' latrines
P. Right flank tower
Q. Wel1
R. Roof
|
ditto | ||||
A |
Platforms
1. planking rotten on the harbour face |
ditto | ||||
A | - Verrier definitif toisé of 11 October 1736 |
-
Unavailable. This toisé
also referred to structures other than the Royal Battery. |
ditto | |||
A | workmen, who cluttered the battery with stock-piled materials, worked all summer | ditto | ||||
P | - stables | |||||
A |
- house nearby
- officers now keeping chickens and larger animals in three or four rooms of the barracks as well as in the attics |
ditto | ||||
A | - cramp the corners, bibs, genouillières, tablettes of the merlons and embrasures and seal in lead | - This is repair work to embrasures and merlons possibly first constructed in 1728 and 1729. | ditto | |||
A | rough cast the embrasures to two pieds above their bibs or lips | ditto | ||||
1737 |
- levelled the damaged degraded summits of
1. the walls joining the towers - covered the levelled summits with earth and turf to preserve the masonry
- covered the summits of the merlons
with earth and turf to preserve the masonry |
-
Between 1737 and
1744, the following features were turfed:
1. the two large faces 2. the éperon 3. the two batardeaux 4. the two profiles 5. the two flanks 6. the retours 7. the profiles of the covered ways and glacis 8. the embrasure 9. the merlons |
10 November 1736, C11B, Vol. 18, folio 276; 3 November 1736, C11B, Vol. 20, folio 211v; December 1737, C11B, Vol 19, folios 241v-242; 30 October 1727, C11B, Vol. 19, folio 232v, 233 | |||
A |
roughcast the walls of the battery,
including the sea-wall faces |
-
Verrier's
estimation of October 1737 for this work
is not extant. Ganet adhered to his marché of
18 April 1730 when under taking this work. |
ditto | |||
A |
- the cellar under the soldiers rooms are
useless because of water penetration and high humidity - the water and humidity has ruined the flooring above |
ditto | ||||
P | proposal to fill them in | ditto | ||||
1738 | ||||||
A |
-
complete stables by 24 October 1738 |
24 October 1738, C11B, Vol. 20, folios 67, 69v, 71, 228; ND-34; 1 November 1738, C11B, Vol. 20, folios 09, 232v. | ||||
PA | [animals in the rooms] have caused some damage to date | ditto | ||||
A | part of the [hardwood] plank platforms are rotten | ditto | ||||
P |
To fill in the cellars
1. no cellars
in the soldiers wing |
ditto | ||||
P |
"Plan de partie de la Batterie Royalle ou
en a representé en Jaune les Etables
que l'on propose d' Etablir en retour d'Equaire contre le mur crenelé de la place d'arme" |
ditto | ||||
1739 | P |
-
a fascine redoubt with lunette on height
which commanded the Royal Battery with a palissaded passage between the two - lower
|
1739, C11B, Vol. 21, folios 278-279; 30 October 1739, Vol. 21, folio 10 | |||
A |
-
a small cove where lime stone is unloaded
is nearby the left flank - 36 pounders on the faces too strong for the merlons - the platforms of the Royal Battery totally out of service |
ditto |