button to main menu Plan of the Proposed Lancaster Canal

map type:-
Rennie 1792

Canal map, Plan of the Proposed Lancaster Canal, Lancashire and Westmorland, scale about 1 miles to 1 inch, surveyed by John Rennie, 1791-92, engraved by William Faden, London, 1792.
(example map Kendal Museum)
map feature:- compass rose & up is E & scale line & sea plain & coast form lines & rivers & lakes & relief & hill hachuring & parks & county & settlements & roads & canals
inscription:- printed upper left of centre
PLAN / of the proposed / Lancaster Canal / from KIRKBY KENDAL in the COUNTY of WESTMORLAND / to / WEST HOUGHTON in the COUNTY of PALATINE LANCASHIRE / Surveyed in the Years 1791 & 1792 / By JOHN RENNIE, Engineer. F.R.S.E. / Engraved by W. Faden, Geogr. to the King 1792.
wxh, map:- 142x51cm
inscription:- printed abve the scale line
SCALE of STATUTE MILES
scale line:- 6+1 miles = 173.0 mm (approx)
scale:- 1 to 68000 ? (1 to 67781 from scale line)
sources:- Kendal Museum

items seen (illustrated items in bold):-
   Kendal Museum : item 1 -- canal map -- Plan of the Proposed Lancaster Canal