Drake's Railroad Maps of the entire line of route from London to Liverpool and Manchester ....

Made:
1838
maker:
Ross & Nightingale
,
Longman and Company
,
Simpkin, Marshall & Co
and
Wilma and Smith

Colour-engraved maps (2) + 1 sheet of tables. Drake's Railroad Maps of the entire line of route from London to Liverpool and Manchester ... with the regulations, and time, fare, and distance tables of the London and Birmingham, Grand Junction, and Liverpool and Manchester Railways ... / James Drake. 1838. New Edition, corrected to October, 1838. Originally folded within stiff covers (14 x 9.5cm.) with a doubled-sided sheet of tables etc. (24 x 56.5cm.) Maps depict lines (and sections) of the GJR and the L&MR, and vignettes of loco 'Wild Fire' pulling train for former, and line (and section) of L&BR and of 'The London Terminus' (i.e. the Euston Arch). Conserved in 2001, the covers have been retained separately. See also inv. no. 1945-81 (MSL 422)

Details

Category:
Railway Maps & Plans
Object Number:
2000-1498
Materials:
paper
Measurements:
map: 460 x 502 mm
regulations: 240 x 565 mm
type:
map
credit:
Unknown source