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Railway map, uncoloured lithograph, Map of the Lake District of Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, or Tourists Map of ..., scale about 10 miles to 1 inch, published by Crosthwaite and Co, 1 and 2 Market Place, Whitehaven, Cumberland, 1860s.
The railways shown are - Newcastle and Carlisle Railway; Maryport and Carlisle Railway; Lancaster and Carlisle Railway; Kendal and Windermere Railway; Whitehaven Junction Railway; Furness Railway; Cockermouth and Workington Railway; Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway; Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway; Port Carlisle Dock and Railway; Alston branch railway; Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway; Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway; Ulverstone and Lancaster Railway; Coniston Railway; Border Union Railway; Low Gill and Ingleton branch railway; South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway; Eden Valley Railway; Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway; which opened up to 1865.
The Egremont and Sellafield Railway, Lakeside branch railway and Solway Junction Railway are shown by dotted lines, which opened from 1869 onwards.
   Crosthwaite 1860s
map feature:- up is N & scale line & sea plain & coast line & lakes & relief & hill hachuring & settlements & roads (few, to connect railways) & railways
inscription:- printed lower left
MAP / of the / LAKE DISTRICT / OF / CUMBERLAND, WESTMORLAND, / AND / LANCASHIRE
inscription:- printed lower left
West Cumberland Railway Guide
inscription:- printed rev, title page?
THE / TOURISTS MAP / OF THE / LAKE DISTRICT / OF / CUMBERLAND, WESTMORLAND, / AND / LANCASHIRE. / Containing the Railways and Stations / accurately laid down. // WHITEHAVEN. / CROSTHWAITE & Co., / 1 & 2 MARKET PLACE, / Crosthwaite & Co. Lith.
scale line:- 10+10 miles = 50.6 mm
wxh, sheet (badly trimmed):- 13x21.5cm
wxh, map:- 127x211mm
scale:- 1 to 640000 ? (1 to 636104 from scale line)