Section: Maps, plans and nautical charts
Uniform title: GRAN CANAL (Irlanda) (Leinster). Canales. 1:52000 (1788)
Title: A map and section of that part of the Grand Canal [Mapa]: now perfected, and also a Sketch of the Country on each Side & c & c Extending from the City of Dublin to the River Barrow at Monasterevam / by J. Browrigg Surveyor of Lands & c 1788 ; J. Ford Sculpt. N° 14 Essex Quay ; S. Darling script.
Material or type of resouce Area: Escala [ca. 1:52000]
Publication: [Dublin?] : Publish'd by J. Browrigg N°64 Grafton Street, 1788
Physical description: 1 map. ; 51 x 132 cm
Notes: Dedicatoria : "To those Patriotick Promoters of the Trade of Ireland, The Peers, Commoners, and other Illustrious Persons, Incorporated by the Name of the Company of Undertakers of the Grand Canal... Obedient and Devoted umble Servant John Brownrigg"Escalas gráficas de 2500 toesas [= 9,4 cm], 900 pérticas irlandesas, 2 millas irlandesas, 2 millas inglesas, 15000 palmos romanos, 10000 pies de Amsterdam y 10000 pies de Rinland. Orientado con lis en cuadrante de orientaciónOrografía por normalesConsta una relación de las compuertas que integran el canal, y notas sobre las características de los acueductos de Griffith y LeinsterTabla de signos convencionales para indicar molinos, caminos, árboles, montes, etcInserta : "Section of the whole line". Escala [ca. 1:52000], 14000 pies [= 8,2 cm], para las longitudes y Escala [ca. 1:740], 160 pies [= 6'6 cm] para las altitudes ; "Plan and Section of the most improved Lock now adopted on the Grand Canal, Capable of passing a 50 Ton Vessel in two Minutes". Escala [ca. 1:400], 90 pies [= 7 cm] ; "The Griffith Aqueduct". Escala [ca. 1:610], 15 toesas [= 4,8 cm] ; "The Leinster Aqueduct". Escala [ca. 1:1500], 40 toesas [= 5,3 cm] ; "Gran Canal Harbour Dublin". Escala [ca. 1:3600], 600 pies [= 5,1 cm]
Other authors: Brownrigg, John Darling, S. Ford, James
UDC: 912:626.13:744.4(417-11)"1788"417-11
Type of publication:
Maps