Map Collection

Railway Chronicle
1846

long strip map:-
WOC5927:- 
Railway map, guide book with strip maps, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, a Travelling Chart or Iron Road Book, for the line from Nine Elms, London to Southampton, Hampshire, published by the Railway Chronicle, 14 Wellington Street North, Strand, London, about 1846.
inscription:-  printed -on- inside cover RAILWAY CHRONICLE / TRAVELLING CHARTS; / Or, IRON ROAD BOOKS, / FOR PERUSAL ON THE JOURNEY: / IN WHICH ARE NOTED / THE TOWNS, VILLAGES, CHURCHES, MANSIONS, PARKS, STATIONS, BRIDGES, VIADUCTS, TUNNELS, CUTTINGS, / GRADIENTS, &c., THE SCENERY AND ITS NATURAL HISTORY, THE ANTIQUITIES AND THEIR / HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS, &c., PASSED BY THE LINE OF THE RAILWAY. / With numerous Illustrations. / Constituting a Novel and Complete Companion for the Railway Carriage. / ....
map feature:-  up is start & railways & roads & settlements & rivers & canals

reference:-  Norgate, Martin (editor): 2001: Iron Road Book to Southampton, 1846 (facsimile reproduction): Hampshire CC Museums Service:: ISBN 1 85975 486 4
  Map Group -- Railway Chronicle 1846 -- with Research Notes

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MN: 4.10.2001