Lancashire-Barrow in Furness-1884
CBTM:
19926
Map Date:
1884
Repository reference:
Furness RO BDX/146
Historic county:
Lancashire
Town name:
Barrow in Furness
Map type:
Hydrographic
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SD196694
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SD 2368
Map title:
'Barrow (1884)'.
Comments on map:
From Atlas des ports etrangers, 2nd Series, Plate XIII. Duplicate cover, of similar content, at 1:10,000 and 1:20,000. All text except scale within neat lines is in English, but with some mis-copying, e.g. 'Flax & Jute Yorks'.
Scale:
1:10,000
Map-maker:
A. Simon, 13 Rue du Val-de-Grace, Paris [lith], Ministere des Travaux Publies, Ecole des Ponts et Chaussees [? pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
59.7 x 28.7 [overall: 1:20,000 is 20.8 x 19.2, 1:10,000 is 38.7 x 27.2].
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
boundaries
Road names:
partly
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Some buildings emphasised, but not named or described.
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, misc: 100 Ton Hydraulic Crane, steamer departure points, 'Canadian Cattle', Timber Wharf, Foreign Animals Wharf and Chill Rooms, Grain Warehouses, Hydraulic Engine Tower.
Places of Worship:
incomplete Anglican/established only
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Welfare and charitable:
workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets, misc: Cite for Cattle Market.
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Known copies of map:
Furness RO BDX/146.
Industry:
bricks/tiles, engineering, metallurgical processing, ship yards, timber, uncertain, misc: Flax & Jute Works, Depositing Works.
Railways:
routes, sidings, goods depots, named, passenger stations, misc: Sidings in docks and works.
Stated measuerments:
soundings, other: Depths on dock sills at neaps and springs, lengths of quaysides in metres (1:10,000 only).
Ordnance Survey's
1847
1:10,560
1873
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1889-90
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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