LONDON

DIE ENVIRONS VON LONDON

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Uncommon map of the area around London stretching from Richmond Park, Barnet , Croydon to Theydon Bois. Much detail of Roads and the odd canal ..Interestingly enough The IRON RAIL ROAD is marked. *

Printed by Weimar 1813.

Original colour.

Very Good condition.

*1803 - The first public railway, the Surrey Iron Railway, London.[10] It linked the towns of Wandsworth and Croydon via Mitcham on the south of the Thames. It was double track plateway throughout with a spacing of about 5 feet. The rails were of the Outram pattern are L-shaped in cross-section and 3 feet 2 inches long. The line was closed in 1846