Map Of The City Of Dublin ... Situation Of Existing Sewers ...
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A fascinating, thematic engineer's map of Dublin being a composite of printed map and manuscript detail. The sheet has, at its centre, a cut-out large-scale detailed map of Dublin from St.James to St.Marks Wards extracted from an unidentified survey map at a scale of about inches to the mile. Surrounding this are a number of manuscript diagrams and cross- sections relating to planned improvements to the city's sewers and a proposal for their development. The 'current' sewers and their flat surfaces are suggested to be inadequate and "building up angles" is suggested for these first and second class sewers (each delineated with a different colour on the map). The plan also includes new proposals for "constructing two Main Sewers to convey entire Sewerage to Sea without entering into the River Liffey within the City Boundary". In the lower margin a manuscript signature (not identifiable) and the date 1851 are given. A fascinating and scarce working record of nineteenth-century public improvement works within the city. Map sheet backed with canvas.
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