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Lanarkshire-Glasgow-1888

CBTM:
22077
Map Date:
? 1888
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 9555 (4)
Historic county:
Lanarkshire
Town name:
Glasgow
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
NS592652
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
NS 5864
Map title:
'W.M. Mollinson & Co's pictorial map of Glasgow with views of the principal public buildings, churches, schools, railway stations, business premises, works, etc., also shewing the entire tramway system.'
Comments on map:
An unsophisticated production: the pictorial buildings get in the way of the street pattern in the centre. Letterpress gazeteer down each side, using alpha-numeric referencing without squaring across map face. BM blue RD 5 MAR 888; evidently prompted by Glasgow International Exhibition of 1888 (see first entry of gazetteer).
Scale:
1:10,560*
Map-maker:
W.M. Mollinson & Co. [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
97.7 x 67.5
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
partly
Buildings:
some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised: All buildings pictorial, and indentified by number.
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, harbours, quays
Sanitary and utility information:
fire stations, gas works, rubbish destructors, municipal depots, water works: [Salvage Corps, Refuse Dispatch Works].
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, customs, police, internal revenue
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
barracks
Welfare and charitable:
blind, hospitals, infirmaries, mental, sailors, workhouses, misc: Asylum.
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges, observatories
Markets and exchanges:
bazaars, exchanges, markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Woodland:
shown
Known copies of map:
BLML Maps 9555 (4), BOL C18:45 Glasgow (10), CUL Maps.146.88.1.
Industry:
engineering, food/drink, ship yards, uncertain: Various works, etc.
Railways:
routes, goods depots, named, passenger stations
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, public halls, theatres, etc, misc: International Exhibition.
Parkland:
botanic gardens, public parks: With Gymnasium.
Service and professional:
banks, insurance offices, newspaper offices
Landowners and occupiers:
industrial owners
Waterbodies:
curling ponds, skating ponds
Clubs and societies:
Conservative, Liberal, learned societies, unspecified
Monuments:
Monuments
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Ferries:
ferry
Cemeteries:
shown
Retail activity:
limited range: Inferred from gazeteer.
Street tramways:
routes shown
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
hotels or principal inns only
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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