Catalogue description 'The Mersey & Irwell Navigation Plan and Section of Intended Improvements': map, also...

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Details of RAIL 1029/68
Reference: RAIL 1029/68
Description:

'The Mersey & Irwell Navigation Plan and Section of Intended Improvements': map, also showing railway connections, with a section showing the difference between the existing situation and the proposed changes. Horizontal scale: 1 inch to 1 mile [1:63,360]; vertical scale: 1 inch to 40 feet [1:480]. Compass star. [By] Francis Wiswall, Engineer; lithographed by Henry Blacklock & Co, Manchester and London. Insets: enlarged plan of the terminus of Mersey and Irwell Navigation at Runcorn, showing existing and proposed new locks; enlarged plan of the terminus of the Bridgewater Canal and its junction with the Mersey and Irwell Navigation. Inscribed in the margin: 'To Mr T Houghton, London and North Western Railway, 21 June 1886'.

Date: c.1886
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: MPS 1/66
Legal status: Not Public Record(s)
Dimensions: 54 cm x 74 cm
Physical condition: Lithographed, coloured
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description
Access conditions: Open Immediately

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