Author:
[John Gibb (1776-1850), Scottish civil engineer, deputy to Thomas Telford (1757-1834), founder member of the Institution of Civil Engineers; Cullen Harbour, Banffshire, Scotland]
Publication details:
Specification dated from Aberdeen, 7 June 1819; certification by Smith, Gray and Minto dated from Cullen, 13 July 1819.
Folio, 3 pp. Bifolium. On paper with 1818 watermark of Joseph Colles. Docketed, lengthwise on reverse of second leaf, 'Copy | Specification of Catch Pier at Cullen Harbour by John Gibb | 1819.' 46 lines of text. Clear and complete. Fair, on aged paper, with two punch holes for a ring binder in margin of each leaf. The full heading reads 'Specification of the proposed Catch Pier for Cullen Harbour, agreeably to the Plan and Section which accompanies this [not present].' Begins 'The Pier is to be of the dimensions marked on the Plan and Sections, and to join the outer end of the rock.
