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map type:- Giles 1837
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Railway map, Map of the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway,
and Maryport and Carlisle Railway, scale about 6.5 miles to
1 inch, by Francis Giles, engineer, published by Hudson
Scott, Carlisle, Cumberland, and by Currie and Bowman,
Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, 1837.
Folded and tipped in as frontispiece to a guide book,
Scott's Railway Companion.
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(example Carlisle Library (6_1))
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map feature:-
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folded (5x2) & north point & up is N (slightly off)
& scale line & sea plain & coast line &
rivers & lakes & relief (sectional diagram of route)
& county & settlements & roads & railways
& canals & geology
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inscription:-
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printed upper left
Map of the / NEWCASTLE & CARLISLE RAILWAY, / Shewing the
Junction with the / MARYPORT AND CARLISLE RAILWAY, / and
thus Uniting the / GERMAN OCEAN WITH THE IRISH SEA. /
Francis Giles, Esq., / ENGINEER.
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wxh, sheet:-
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37.5x26.5cm
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wxh, map:-
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354x242mm
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inscription:-
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printed with scale line
SCALE OF MILES
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scale line:-
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20+1/4 miles = 77.1 mm
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scale:-
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1 to 420000 ? (1 to 422688 from scale line)
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items seen (illustrated items in bold):- |
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Carlisle Library (6_1)
-- railway map -- Map of the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway
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