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map type:- Midland Railway
1870s
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Railway map, Midland Railway, The Lake District, scale
about 8 miles to 1 inch, published by the Midland Railway,
1870s?
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; Egremont and
Sellafield branch railway; Lakeside branch railway; Solway
Junction Railway; and Settle and Carlisle Railway.
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(example Carlisle Library (174))
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map feature:-
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table of symbols & north point & up is N (NNW) &
scale line & sea plain & coast form lines &
rivers & lakes & relief & hill hachuring &
parks & settlements & roads & railways (MR in
red)
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inscription:-
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printed upper left
MIDLAND RAILWAY / THE LAKE DISTTRICT.
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inscription:-
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printed with scale line
SCALE - 8 MILES TO AN INCH
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wxh, sheet:-
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17.5x28cm
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wxh, map:-
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152x262mm
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scale line:-
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20 miles = 62.5 mm
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scale:-
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1 to 510000 ? (1 to 514990 from scale line, assuming )
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sources:-
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Carlisle Library Maps
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items seen (illustrated items in bold):- |
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Carlisle Library : Map 98
-- railway map -- Midland Railway, The Lake District
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