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Stirlingshire-Grangemouth-1843

CBTM:
22788
Map Date:
1843
Repository reference:
National Archives of Scotland RHP 48450/1
Historic county:
Stirlingshire
Town name:
Grangemouth
Map type:
Hydrographic
Extent of cover:
fragmentary
National grid reference:
NS927821
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
NS 9581
Map title:
'Plan of the port of Grangemouth. 1843.'
Comments on map:
Bottom left are 'References', giving dimensions for docks, canal, etc. Extensive 'proposed extension' shown. The careful attention to navigation aids may be intended as subtle promotion of advantages of port: cf Middlesbrough.
Scale:
1:7200
Map-maker:
Alexr Black, Falkirk [sv, dr], C.F. Cheffins, Litho., 9 Southampton Bldgs, Holborn [lith].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
55.8 x 21.2
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
clergy residences, outside built-up area only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Canals:
shown, offices
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, navigation aids, wharfs, misc: Dock Office & Servants Houses, Timber Yards, Beaching [on foreshore], proposed extension.
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, misc: Well.
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only: Named in gothic.
Public buildings:
customs
Education and academic:
schools
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Woodland:
shown
Known copies of map:
National Archives of Scotland RHP 48450/1 [original]; National Archives of Scotland RHP 31981 [photocopy].
Industry:
ship yards, rope walk
River and foreshore features:
foreshore
Magnetic data:
diagram
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Landowners and occupiers:
fragmentary owners, industrial owners: [Wharves, Earl of Zetland Warehouse].
Waterbodies:
shown
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Bottom right: 'Map of part of the Firth of Forth', about 1:100,000 [? intended as 1:95,040].
Stated measuerments:
other: Embankment heights.
Ordnance Survey's
1859
1:2500
1:10,560
1896
1:2500
1:10,560
1859
1:2500
1:10,560
1896
1:2500
1:10,560
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