Historical information
Copy (1865) of an 1860 sketch for a proposed Military Road from the Sandridge fortifications to the St Kilda battery to enable the rapid deployment of troops, artillery, and naval volunteers across the beachfront. This proposal was instigated by the Crimean War and concern of a possible Russian invasion.
Physical description
Black and white copies of a sketch plan, taken in three sections plus a combined plan
Inscriptions & markings
Signed by P H Scratchley 7 April 1860
