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Glamorganshire-Swansea-1888

CBTM:
22756
Map Date:
1888
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 6880 (1)
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:
'Wyld's plan of Swansea, showing the docks, railways & tramways. 1888.'
Comments on map:
Good quality map. Bottom right: 'Revised under directions of Mr. Robt. Capper, A.I.C.E. XI.'87.' Information on port facilities suggest that potential shippers were one anticipated audience.
Scale:
1:5280
Map-maker:
Robert Capper, A.I.C.E. [rv], James Wyld, Geographer to the Queen, 11 & 12 Charing Cross, London [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
85.8 x 63.5
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
transport: Railways, tramways.
Road names:
generally
Building names:
outside built-up area only
Buildings:
building infill omitted
Turnpikes:
shown
Mills:
windmills: [Ruined windmill on Kilvey Hill].
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, navigation aids, piers, quays, river stairs, misc: Pilot Ho.
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, reservoirs, sewers, misc: Storm Water Pipe.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, customs
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries, magazines/arsenals, drill halls
Welfare and charitable:
blind, deaf & dumb, hospitals, sailors, misc: [Cambrian Instn (Deaf & Dumb)].
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Known copies of map:
BLML Maps 6880 (1), Glamorgan RO D/D A2 [annotated with railway ownerships], West Glamorgan RO SL WM 3/23.
Industry:
engineering, metallurgical processing, uncertain, warehousing, timber, misc: Numerous 'Works'; Iron Warehouse; Patent Fuel Works; Mineral Sheds; Laundry.
Railways:
routes, goods depots, named, turntables, rails, a, passenger stations
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, public halls, theatres, etc, misc: Institute.
Parkland:
public parks
Service and professional:
banks
Landowners and occupiers:
industrial owners
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
working mens, unspecified, misc: Institute, Royal Instn.
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Top right: environs map, about 1:55,000.
Extractive activity:
coal, quarries/pits
Monuments:
statues: [Sir Hussey Vivian Statue, J.H. Vivian Statue].
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Miscellaneous transport-related:
Town Weighbridge.
Ferries:
ferry
Cemeteries:
shown
Residual industrial land-use and waste:
rubbish tips
Street tramways:
routes shown, depots
Stated measuerments:
other: Some dock and harbour areas, dimensions and depths; one bench-mark on Kilvey Hill.
Ordnance Survey's
1876
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1896-7
1:2500
1:10,560
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