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CANAL
Map of intended canal from locks at Eastham on the River Mersey to Salford docks passing through the townships of Hooton, Netherpool, Whitby, Great Stanney, Stanlow, Frodsham, Weston, Runcorn, Halton, Norton, Moore, Walton Inferior, Appleton, Latchford, Grappenhall, Thelwall, Lymm, Warburton, Partington, Carrington, Flixton, Barton upon Irwell, and Stretford. Shows the line of the Runcorn to Latchford Canal to be abandoned, sometimes called the Mersey and Irwell Canal. 60 enlarged maps of road junctions and parts of towns along route of canal. Map showing River Irwell and buildings alongside from Trafford Bridge to Salford Bridge in Manchester.
Scale 6" and 24" to 1 mile
RAILWAYS
Deviation 1. LNWR, Moore to Warrington Bank Quay station, through townships of Acton Grange, Walton Inferior, Warrington.
Deviation 2. BL & CJ R. Moore to Arpley Station through same townships as Dev 1.
Junction Railway - a new junction between the BL &CJ R and LNWR.
Deviation 3. LNWR Arpley station to a point 1 mile east of Latchford Station., townships of Warrington, Latchford and Grappenhall.
Deviation 4 Glazebrook on the CLR and Carrington Moss (Cadishead Station and Partington Station)
Deviation 5. CLR. between its junction with Stockport and Glazebrook Railway and Flixton Station
Branch Railways.
No 1. From LNWR across Arpley Meadows.
Branch 2 & 3 From CLR between Cadishead and Partington Stations to both sides of the proposed ship canal.
Railway Company abbreviations used above.
BL & CJ R - Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire Joint Railway.
CLR - Cheshire Lines Railway.
LNWR - Lancashire North Western Railway
Longitudinal and cross sections of Canals, Railways and River banks.
Engineers James Abernethy and E. Leader Williams.
Deposited:- 28 November 1885
36 sheets in total. |