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map type:-
North Eastern Railway c1900
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Railway map, station wall map of coloured ceramic tiles, North Eastern Railway, with parts in Westmorland, Cumberland etc, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, made by Craven, Dunnill and Co, Jackfield, Shropshire, about 1900.
23 of these tile maps were made for NER stations. The tiles are about 8 inches square.
map feature:- title cartouche & compass rose & up is N & scale line & table of symbols & sea plain & coast tinted & rivers (few) & lakes & relief & hill hachuring (some) & parks & settlements & railways
map feature:-
inscription:-
NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY.
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inscription:-
PRODUCED BY / CRAVEN, DUNNILLL & CO LTD. / JACKFIELD
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inscription:- with scale line
SCALE / MILES
scale line:- 20 miles = 193 mm
scale:- 1 to 170000 ? (1 to 166771 from scale line)
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sources:- National Railway Museum

items seen (illustrated items in bold):-
   National Railway Museum : 1995-7786 -- railway map -- North Eastern Railway