An untitled and unsigned map showing the waterways from Manchester in the north to Liverpool in the west, Macclesfield in the south and Stockport in the east.. Includes the rivers Mersey and Weaver, the Duke of Bridgewater's Canal completed as far as Altrincham, with the intended routes to Stockport to the east and Hempstones in the west, the supposed course of the canal from the Trent to the Mersey, and the intended canal from Wilson Bridge to Manchester.
Category
Maps
Date
1766
Materials
Place of origin
Chester
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3103392
Summary
Bibliographic description
1 map ; 311 x 574 mm. Removed from the plan chest in the Library in 2019. Binding: Unbound.