Parliamentary Plans 1887
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Railway map, 5 sheets, uncoloured lithograph
parliamentary plans etc, Ambleside Railway, Plans and
Sections, Session 1887, scale about 25 inches to 1 mile, and
the associated book of reference, for the Ambleside Railway
from Windermere to Ambleside, Westmorland, prepared by Sir
Douglas Fox and G H Leane, Westminster, London, 1887.
Printed by Thomas Kell and Sons, 20 King Street, Covent Garden, London. The bill for this railway was put forward to Parliament in 1886; strongly opposed by Canon H D Rawnsley, the Lake District Defence Association, and others, including an article in the Daily Telegraph, 15 November 1886; and was withdrawn when the LNWR withdrew their support. |
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| map type:- | Parliamentary Plans 1887 (Railways) | |
| map feature:- | settlements & roads & railways | |
| inscription:- |
printed cover sheet
AMBLESIDE RAILWAY / Plans and Sections. / SESSION 1887. / Engineers / SIR DOUGLAS FOX, / 2, VICTORIA MANSIONS, VICTORIA ST., / WESTMINSTER. / G. H. LEANE, / 21, QUEEN ANNES GATE, / WESTMINSTER. / THOS. KELL & SON LITH. 40, KING ST. COVENT GARDEN. |
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ms cover of book of reference
Colonel. G. [Rhodes]. |
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printed with scale line
Horizontal Scale for Plan and Section |
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| scale line:- | 20+1 chains = 168.6 mm | |
| wxh, sheet:- | 76.5x54.5cm | |
| wxh:- | 21x33cm | |
| scale:- | 1 to 2500 ? (1 to 2506 from scale line) | |
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