button to main menu Ambleside Railway, Plans and Sections, Session 1887

map type:-
Parliamentary Plans
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Parliamentary plans, railway maps and sections, usually a large scale, with an associated book of reference, to accompany a bill in Parliament, early 19th century onwards.
(map example Armitt Library : DEP244)
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.
inscription:- ms cover of book of reference
Colonel. G. [Rhodes].
wxh:- 21x33cm
wxh, sheet:- 76.5x54.5cm
inscription:- printed with scale line
Horizontal Scale for Plan and Section
scale line:- 20+1 chains = 168.6 mm
scale:- 1 to 2500 ? (1 to 2506 from scale line)
references:- Biddle, Gordon: 1990: Railway Surveyors, The: Ian Allan (London):: describes parliamentary plans and procedures
Fuller, H J: 1897: Preparation of Parliamentary Plans for Railways

sources:- Armitt Library

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