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Official Railway Map of the East of England
Publisher: Railway Clearing House, London;
Date of Publication: 1917
Stock Code: 12127
Map approximately 120 cm x 77 cm, divided into 32 sections, backed onto linen and folded into black cloth covers with gilt titles to spine and upper board, and border in blind to boards. Rail routes and major watercourses delineated in colour. A very good copy, map clean and bright. Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Engineer’s Office stamps to endpapers and linen reverse of map. A touch of foxing & soiling to linen backing. From 1859 the RCH issued what is widely regarded as the best series of railway maps ever produced in the United Kingdom. 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. £120.00