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Lanarkshire-Glasgow-1846

CBTM:
22937
Map Date:
1846
Repository reference:
Glasgow, Mitchell Library, local studies, EGM 75
Historic county:
Lanarkshire
Town name:
Glasgow
Map type:
Utility
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
NS592652
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
NS 5864
Map title:
'Plan of Glasgow showing proposed railway termini. 1846.'
Comments on map:
Rather light on text: focus is on railways: of rather questionable 'general interest'.
Scale:
1:9600
Map-maker:
Maclure & Macdonald, Lithographers, Glasgow [lith].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
51.8 x 39.5
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
transport: Authorised and projected railways and termini.
Colouring:
transport.
Road names:
partly
Buildings:
some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised: Those buildings which are shown are mostly not named.
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
harbours, quays
Places of Worship:
incompletely shown
Public buildings:
customs
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
barracks
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals
Education and academic:
further educational/colleges
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, misc: Tontine.
Known copies of map:
John Moore's no.67: Mitchell Library SR 205, EGM 75 [M.67].
Railways:
routes, projected or otherwise unbuilt lines: Mostly authorised or projected, which are coloured.
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc
Service and professional:
banks
Commons:
shown
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Ordnance Survey's
1857-8
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1892-4
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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