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'A General Map of Ireland to Accompany the Report of the Railway Commissioners shewing...
Catalogue reference: MPH 1/746
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This record is about the 'A General Map of Ireland to Accompany the Report of the Railway Commissioners shewing... dating from 1867 in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MPH 1/746
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1867
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Description (What the record is about)
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'A General Map of Ireland to Accompany the Report of the Railway Commissioners shewing the Principal Physical Features and Geological Structure of the Country'. Also shows railway lines, place names, soundings, offshore currents. Inset sections showing strata. Uncoloured reference table to geological strata. Scale: 1 inch to 4 miles; vertical scale of sections 1 inch to 1 mile. Four sheets. Constructed in 1836. Engraved in 1837-1838. Geology revised and improved in 1855. Published and sold by Hodges & Smith, Dublin, and Longman & Co, London. Red ink additions highlight towns. Each sheet is initialled at a different date in 1866 or 1867. An endorsement notes that this was to illustrate report on signalling, 24 August 1867.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- WO 78/2327
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 67.8 cm x 84.6 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:253440
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4562553/
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