Catalogue description Manchester Ship Canal. Outline map and section of the proposed canal between Liverpool...

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Details of RAIL 1029/13
Reference: RAIL 1029/13
Description:

Manchester Ship Canal. Outline map and section of the proposed canal between Liverpool and Manchester, also showing named railways. Scale: 1 inch to 1 mile [1:63,360] (horizontal); 1 inch to 20 feet [1:240] (vertical). Compass indicator. Lithographed by Thomas Kell & Son, 40 King Street, Covent Garden, London. Labelled on front cover: 'Manchester Ship Canal 1885 Mr Findlay 157' [Mr Findlay was General Manager of London North Western Railway]. Stamped 'To be returned to Central Records Office, Secretary's Department, London Midland and Scottish Railway, Euston'.

Date: 1885
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: MPS 1/13
Legal status: Not Public Record(s)
Dimensions: 68 cm x 104 cm
Physical condition: Lithographed, coloured
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description
Access conditions: Open Immediately

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