Unknown 1790s

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	item:- Kendal Library : Map 109
	Map, hand coloured engraving, A Plan of the Lancaster Canal, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, perhaps published 1790s. The map delineates an incomplete canal - Remarks, the parts executed and navigable are coloured red, and in an itinerary - Kendal to Tewitfield 14 miles unexecuted; Tewitfield to Lancaster 12 miles executed; Lancaster to Garstang 13 miles executed; Garstang to Preston 17 miles executed; Preston to Clayton Green 5 miles unexecuted; Clayton Green to Johnson's Hillock (the masonry in this length is nearly complete and part of the Cutting done) 3 miles unexecuted; Johnson's Hillock to Bark Hill near Wigan 10 miles executed; Bark Hill to West Houghton 4 miles unexecuted; from Aspul to Leigh 4 miles, act not obtained, where the canal could link to the Bridgewater Canal.
		Unknown 1790s
	map feature:-	north point & up is N & scale line & sea plain & coast form lines & rivers & settlements & roads (few) & canals & itinerary
	inscription:-	printed upper centre A PLAN of the LANCASTER CANAL
	inscription:-	watermarked: J WHATMAN / 1794
	inscription:-	printed with scale line Statute Miles
	scale line:-	20 miles = 97.1 mm
	wxh, sheet:-	24x36.5cm
	wxh, map:-	224x343mm
	scale:-	1 to 330000 ? (1 to 331482 from scale line)

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