English: The huge ancient sand dune was modified during the 20 century to produce an extensive water catchment area for the collection of rain water. As of 2002 it has been restored to natural terrain. Today the top cable car station is at the top centre of this photograph. The cliffs remain unchanged on this side of the Rock, however the coastline now has a road and a housing development called Bothworlds at the lower left of this photograph. Views from a model of Gibraltar in en:Gibraltar Museum. The model is 8 meter's long at a scale of 1/600 or 1inch = 50ft which represents the almost 3 mile length of Gibraltar
It was completed in 1865 from a survey by Lient. Charles Waren R.E. under the direction of Major General Frome R.E. it was coloured after nature by Captain B.A. Branfill of 86 Regiment 1868.
These pictures are from DiscoverGibraltar.com and are generously given by the site and its auithor Jim Crone
This photograph and text are taken from DiscoverGibraltar.com in August 2012. They were given to the Gibraltarpedis project by Jim Crone and this gift was recorded in the gibraltar Chronicle.
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