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Liverpool-1859

CBTM:
22376
Map Date:
[1859]
Repository reference:
BL 10358.d.12
Town name:
Liverpool, Birkenhead
Map type:
Hydrographic
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SJ905342
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SJ 3691
Map title:
'Plan of Liverpool & Birkenhead, from the survey of 1857...'
Comments on map:
F.p. 118 in Thomas Baines, Liverpool in 1859
Scale:
1:18,000*
Map-maker:
Benson & Mallett, Lithrs, Castle Street [lith].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
48.5 x 37.0
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
partly
Buildings:
some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised: Some of the few emphasised buildings are unnamed.
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, navigation aids, misc: Landing stages.
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, customs
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries
Welfare and charitable:
workhouses
Known copies of map:
BOL G.A. Lancs 8o 1 [1857]; BL 10358.d.12, [in Thomas Baines, Liverpool in 1859 (London: Longman)].
Industry:
ship yards
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
Leisure and entertainment:
public halls
Parkland:
public parks
Landowners and occupiers:
industrial owners: [Laird's and another shipyard].
Waterbodies:
shown
Ferries:
ferry
Stated measuerments:
soundings: Presumably in feet.
Ordnance Survey's
1873-4
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1898-9
1:2500
1:10,560
1847-8
1:1056
1:10,560
1864
1:1056
1:10,560
1888-90
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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