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map type:- Unknown
1840s
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Railway and canal map, England and Wales with the Canals,
Navigable Rivers, Railroads &c, scale about 43 miles to 1
inch, published 1840s?.
The railways shown are - Newcastle and Carlisle Railway,
open 1836; Maryport and Carlisle Railway, open 1840-45. The
Lancaster Canal is shown.
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map feature:-
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plain cartouche & compass rose & up is N & scale
line & lat and long scales (trapezoidal projection?)
& sea plain & coast form lines & rivers (mostly
estuaries only) & county & settlements &
railways & canals
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inscription:-
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printed shaded cartouche, upper centre
ENGLAND AND WALES / WITH THE CANALS, NAVIGABLE RIVERS,
RAILRODS, &c.
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wxh, sheet:-
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21x25.5cm
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wxh, map:-
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200x252mm (?)
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scale line:-
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70 miles = 41.0 mm
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scale:-
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1 to 2700000 ? (1 to 2747660 from scale line)
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sources:-
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JandMN Collection
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items seen (illustrated items in bold):- |
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JandMN (438)
-- railway map -- England and Wales with the Canals,
Navigable Rivers, Railroads
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Skipton Museum : 1
-- handkerchief -- Railways in Great Britain
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