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Official Railway Map of South Wales
Publisher: Railway Clearing House, London;
Date of Publication: 1904
Stock Code: 12125
Map approximately 113 cm x 56 cm, divided into 27 sections, backed onto linen and folded into black cloth covers with gilt titles to spine and upper board, and borders in blind to boards. Rail routes and major watercourses delineated in colour. Map clean and bright, with small ink splashes to reverse. Fountain pen ownership inscription dated [19] ’06 inside upper cover. Overall a very good copy. The Railway Clearing House was originally set up to manage revenue from the various railway companies for journeys of goods and customers using lines belonging to multiple companies, and went on to recommend the use of GMT throughout the UK and to set technical standards for wagons, cables and junctions. From 1859 the RCH issued what is widely regarded as the best series of railway maps ever produced in the United Kingdom. £80.00