London-1895 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19580

Map Date:

[1895]

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 30.a.30

Town name:

Auchtermuchty, London, Westminster, Southwark

Map type:

Utility

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TQ320811

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TQ 3181

Map title:

'London Hydraulic Power Company. Incorporated 1871, 1884.'

Comments on map:

Principal streets only. Dating of map is from accompanying booklet, 'Public hydraulic power...', dated February 1895; no printer given. Booklet opens: 'This Company has been established to supply motive power to the public in London from street mains on the high pressure hydraulic system.

Scale:

1:15,840*

Map-maker:

Ellington & Woodall, M.M.Inst.C.E., Engineers to the Company, Palace Chambers, Bridge Street, Westminster [? authors].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

76.0 x 36.2

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised

Sanitary and utility information:

misc: Hydraulic pumping stations, mains and buildings supplied with hydraulic power.

Places of Worship:

cathedral/principal church only

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, central government

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, orphanages, workhouses

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges

Known copies of map:

H.276: BLML Maps 30.a.30.

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations: But Paddington and Great Western Railway wholly omitted, as is eastern section of London and Blackwall, e.g.: 'silences' in areas not supplied with hydraulic power, perhaps.

Leisure and entertainment:

museums

Parkland:

public parks

Service and professional:

banks

Waterbodies:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1868-1876

1:1056

1:2500

1:10,560

1894-7

1:1056

1:2500

1:10,560

1848-51

1:1056

1:5280

1:10,560

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