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Whitworth 1772
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Canal map, Plan of the Proposed Navigable Canal ... to Kendal, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Whitworth, published by the Gentleman's Magazine, 1772.
Tipped in opposite vol.42 supplement p.608.
(example Armitt Library : A5735 (3)
map feature:- compass rose & up is W & scale line & rivers & relief & hill hachuring & settlements & roads & canals & table of data (distances and levels on the canal)
inscription:- printed top right
Gent. Mag. Suppplement 1772.
inscription:- printed upper centre
A Plan of the Proposed NAVIGABLE CANAL from the Leeds & Liverpool Canal near Eccleston / in the County Palatine of Lancaster, to Kendal in Westmorland. Survey'd in 1772, by Robt. Whitworth.
wxh, sheet:- 25x2136.5x21.5cm
wxh, map:- 311x166mm
inscription:- printed with scale line
Miles
scale line:- 10 miles = 61.8 mm
scale:- 1 to 260000 ? (1 to 260412 from scale line)
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