The Royal Engineers in Halifax

Piers note: No. 285. Ives Point Battery: Casemates: Laboratory and Barrack Casemates Numbers 1, 2, and 3 for 9 men each; with Battery above for two R.M.L. Guns (neither enclosed in shed) with iron Shields; "No. 9 Expense Shell Store and Shell Serving Room" between them; steps to left, up to battery; and magazine door to extreme right. 9 artillerymen seen. Length of casemate, about 80 feet, height 17½ feet. Looking South-southwest from inside.

Date.: ca. 1880

Reference: Royal Engineers Nova Scotia Archives number 6915 (Piers 285) / negative N-8572