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ID: 700008477
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008477
Record Type: Built Work
Images: 1 2
Flagstaff Tower (signal tower (elevated structure); unknown architect; ca. 1828; Delhi (Delhi, Bhārat, Asia, World, Top of the TGN hierarc...;)
Note: This castellated tower is one of the earliest buildings to be erected in northern Ridge region of Delhi. It became a refuge for non-combatants during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
Titles:
Flagstaff Tower (preferred,C,U,English,U,U)
Flag Staff Tower (C,U,English,U,U)
Flag Staff Battery (C,U,English,U,U)
Catalog Level: item
Work Types:
signal tower (elevated structure) [300312190] (preferred)
..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by form>, <single built works by form: massing or shape>, towers (single built works))
battery (platform) [300002501]
..... (Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, architectural elements, <architectural elements by building type>, fortification elements)

Classifications:
architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: ca. 1828

Creator Display:
unknown architect [preferred,VP]
architect unknown (unknown cultural designation) [500125274]
Locations:
Current: Delhi [7001535] Delhi territory (union territory), India (nation), Asia (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)
Display Materials: red sandstone
ferruginous sandstone [300011398]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), sedimentary rock, <sedimentary rock by composition>, sandstone, <sandstone by composition>)
battlements [300002595]
.......(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, architectural elements, <architectural elements by building type>, fortification elements, <defensive walls and defensive wall components>, defensive wall components, <battlements and battlement components>)

Dimensions: unavailable
Cultures:
British (preferred)

General Subject:
architecture (preferred,isness)
military (purpose)

List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Built Works
.......... Built Works by class: fortifications, transportation, bridges, barriers, military, and engineering works
Sources and Contributors:
Flagstaff Tower........ [VP]
........ Victorian Web (2015-) accessed 19 March 2015
........ Masselos et al., Beato's Delhi (2000) 24
........ Fanshawe, Delhi Past and Present (1902) 77
Flag Staff Tower........ [VP]
........ Fanshawe, Delhi Past and Present (1902) 118
Flag Staff Battery........ [VP]
........ Masselos et al., Beato's Delhi (2000) 24
........ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-) accessed 19 March 2015
Subject: ....... [VP]
....................... Victorian Web (2015-) accessed 19 March 2015
....................... Masselos et al., Beato's Delhi (2000) 24-25
Note:
English ..... [VP]
..... Masselos et al., Beato's Delhi (2000) 24-25
..... Victorian Web (2015-) accessed 19 March 2015
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