ID: 700008477 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008477	Record Type: Built Work
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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] (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 or appearance>)

	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, urban planning, 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