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| RMS Main building (circa 1840) showing Admiralty signalling semaphor on roof. Drawn by Thos. H. Shepherd, engraved by T., Barber. | Enlarged view of the signalling semaphor on the roof. | ||||||
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| Engraving of unknown artist of the old wooden Battersea Bridge over which the first arrivals from the Isle of Wight travelled 29 August 1803 after their exhausting four-day journey by carrier's cart from General Hewett's military farm orphanage. | Boys at the RMA Chelsea main gate about to be inspected by the gate porter before walking out. |
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| Waiting in line for a haircut by a member of the staff, who received extra pay for this work. | View of the RMA, Chelsea, dining room with the tables moved to the outer walls. | ||||||
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| The new railway station Southampton (circa 1838), from which the girls of the Southampton Branch left on their journey to Chelsea in 1841. | Colour party of the RMA some time during the late 19th Century. | ||||||
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