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map type:- Unknown
1790s
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Map, 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, the whole is
described in an itinerary from Kendal to a possible link to
the Bridgewater Canal.
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(example Kendal Library : Map 109)
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map feature:-
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north point & up is N & scale line & sea plain
& coast form lines & rivers & settlements &
roads (few) & canals & itineraries
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inscription:-
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printed upper centre
A PLAN of the LANCASTER CANAL
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inscription:-
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watermarked:
J WHATMAN / 1794
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wxh, sheet:-
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24x36.5cm
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wxh, map:-
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224x343mm
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inscription:-
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printed with scale line
Statute Miles
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scale line:-
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20 miles = 97.1 mm
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scale:-
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1 to 330000 ? (1 to 331482 from scale line)
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sources:-
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Kendal Library Maps
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items seen (illustrated items in bold):- |
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Kendal Library : Map 109
-- canal map -- Plan of the Lancaster Canal
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