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Glamorganshire-Swansea-1860

CBTM:
23087
Map Date:
? 1860
Repository reference:
Swansea Library, reference section, Map Drawer 1, Map 6
Historic county:
Glamorganshire
Town name:
Swansea
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SS657928
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SS 6692
Map title:
[Cover:] 'Pearse & Brown's Map of Swansea, with its docks and harbour.'; [map:] 'Plan of the town of Swansea, with its harbour and docks.'
Comments on map:
This copy was annotated in 1861 in connexion with the Swansea and Neath Railway scheme.
Scale:
1:3996
Map-maker:
Pearse & Brown, Lithographers, Nautical Warehouse, Swansea [lith, pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
46.8 x 40.3
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
important buildings only
Buildings:
some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, piers, wharfs, misc: Ballast Crane and railway, Coal Drops, Red Ore Cranes, Warehouses, Sheds, Hydraulic Engine House, Shipping Offices, Harbour Offices.
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, customs, police
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
magazines/arsenals
Welfare and charitable:
deaf & dumb, infirmaries, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Known copies of map:
Swansea Library Drawer 1, Map 6.
Industry:
furniture/pottery, timber, misc: Coal Yards, Patent Fuel Works.
Railways:
routes, goods depots, motive power depots, named, turntables, rails, passenger stations
Leisure and entertainment:
public halls, theatres, etc
Service and professional:
banks
Clubs and societies:
learned societies
Extractive activity:
quarries/pits
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Stated measuerments:
other: Dock acreages.
Ordnance Survey's
1876
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1896-7
1:2500
1:10,560
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