1877 - 1880 1st Edition Ordnance Survey Map - Swansea Town -...
1877 - 1880 1st Edition Ordnance Survey Map - Swansea Town - Glamorganshire Sheet XXIV.5.23. - South Dock, Victoria Station.
A large-format town plan of Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales, surveyed in 1877 and published as a first edition in 1880. The map is a zincograph, with a lower margin imprint reading: Zincographed and Published at the Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, 1880. The plan is executed at a scale of 1/500, or 41.66 feet to one inch, providing a highly detailed technical representation of the Victorian industrial waterfront.
The sheet focuses on the South Dock area, depicting key infrastructure including the Great Western Railway (G.W.R. South Dock Branch), the London & North Western Railway (L. & N.W.R. Swansea Section), Victoria Station, and various goods sheds. Industrial features are clearly marked, such as a Copper Ore & Goods Shed, Hydraulic Engine House, numerous timber yards, saw mills, and a forge. Local landmarks including St. Nicholas’s Church (Seamen’s), the Royal Institution, the Gloucester Hotel, and several street names like Gloucester Place and Oystermouth Road are identified.
The map is printed on paper which has been mounted onto a heavy brown linen or canvas backing for structural support. A manual inscription in red crayon reading 12 is present in the lower left corner. The lower margin includes a reprint code 25/99 and technical notes regarding altitudes referenced to mean sea level at Liverpool.
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The map exhibits significant overall toning and heavy brown foxing and moisture staining throughout the sheet, most notably in the central and lower portions (photo 1). A prominent horizontal crease is visible across the upper third of the plan (photo 6). The margins show significant wear, including fraying and small tears to the edges of the linen backing (photo 15). Scattered dark moisture spots are visible across the surface (photo 13).
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1877 - 1880 1st Edition Ordnance Survey Map - Swansea Town - Glamorganshire Sheet XXIV.5.23. - South Dock, Victoria Station.
A large-format town plan of Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales, surveyed in 1877 and published as a first edition in 1880. The map is a zincograph, with a lower margin imprint reading: Zincographed and Published at the Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, 1880. The plan is executed at a scale of 1/500, or 41.66 feet to one inch, providing a highly detailed technical representation of the Victorian industrial waterfront.
The sheet focuses on the South Dock area, depicting key infrastructure including the Great Western Railway (G.W.R. South Dock Branch), the London & North Western Railway (L. & N.W.R. Swansea Section), Victoria Station, and various goods sheds. Industrial features are clearly marked, such as a Copper Ore & Goods Shed, Hydraulic Engine House, numerous timber yards, saw mills, and a forge. Local landmarks including St. Nicholas’s Church (Seamen’s), the Royal Institution, the Gloucester Hotel, and several street names like Gloucester Place and Oystermouth Road are identified.
The map is printed on paper which has been mounted onto a heavy brown linen or canvas backing for structural support. A manual inscription in red crayon reading 12 is present in the lower left corner. The lower margin includes a reprint code 25/99 and technical notes regarding altitudes referenced to mean sea level at Liverpool.
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The map exhibits significant overall toning and heavy brown foxing and moisture staining throughout the sheet, most notably in the central and lower portions (photo 1). A prominent horizontal crease is visible across the upper third of the plan (photo 6). The margins show significant wear, including fraying and small tears to the edges of the linen backing (photo 15). Scattered dark moisture spots are visible across the surface (photo 13).
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