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BW46/1

"Plan of the River Ure from Milby Staith near Borough Bridge to Ripon in the County of York..."

Description

Plan "drawn from a survey...taken by Mr Ellison in 1736 & corrected from a view & observations taken in the year 1766 with a scheme for rendering the same navigable by John Smeaton FRS". There is also a "Plan of the River Ure & Ouse from Ripon to York" with some details extracted from a survey made by Palmer & Co in 1725. With reference to the proposed works and other notes. The plan has a decorated title with pictorial detail for towns and halls. The plan has a British Transport Commission Historical Relics Section Railway Museum York label.

Date

[1766]

Reference code

BW46/1

Extent & medium

1 sheet

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