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Map Collection
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Moorsom 1859
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FA2000.28:-
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Railway map, deposited plan, Plan and Section of Ringwood, Christchurch, and
Bournemouth Railway, scale about 1 to 4800, about 13 inches to 1 mile, by Capt W
S Moorsom, engineer, about 1859.
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The plan and sections are on 4 sheets bound in a large booklet with a title page
and covers, cross sections are to a different scale, vertical scales are
exaggerated; printed by Waterlow and Sons, 65-68 London Wall, and 49 Parliament
Street, London.
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The railway was a joint venture with the London and South Western Railway, LSWR,
from Ringwood, Hampshire, to Christchurch and then Bournemouth, Dorset;
authorized 1859, opened 1862 to Christchurch, and to Ringwood, 1870.
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map feature:-
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scale line & table of symbols & rivers & settlements & roads
& railways |
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inscription:- |
printed -on- title page
Plan and Section / OF / RINGWOOD, CHRISTCHURCH, AND / BOURNEMOUTH RAILWAY. /
CAPTAIN W. S. MOORSOM, ENGINEER / ....
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scale line:-
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20 chains = 84.4 mm |
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dimension:- |
wxh, sheet = 77x54.5cm |
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scale = 1 to 4800 ? (1 to 4767 from scale line) |
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Map Group -- Moorsom 1859
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| MN: 17.8.2000 |