Map 8: Pigot, 1808
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Unlike yesterday's map from 1807, Pigot reverts back to North at the bottom, south at the top. Comparison with the 1650 and 1750 maps, which are drawn with the same orientation, shows the extent of the city's growth.
Strangeways, a relatively underdeveloped area containing an old workhouse, can be seen at the bottom of the map between the rivers Irk and Irwell. At the top of the map can be seen the open fields of Petersfield.
In 1805 the Lee and Phillips Factory in Salford became the first to be lit by gas. In 1806 the Portico Library opened. In the same year the Mersey-Irwell Naviagtion enabled the first packet boat to travel from the New Bailey Bridge to Rucorn. This canal would later become part of the Manchester Ship Canal. In 1808 the Manchester and Salford Waterworks Company was established, to provide much-needed water supplies for the mills and the newly-arrived immigrant workers.
The wonderful engraving complete with mill, scroll and packaged goods can be understood as representing life in the city in the early 1800s in this context of industry, learning and commerce.
Click on the magnifying glass to zoom in to the large size of the map.
Map 8: Pigot, 1808
DO NOT ADJUST YOUR COMPUTER SCREEN!
Unlike yesterday's map from 1807, Pigot reverts back to North at the bottom, south at the top. Comparison with the 1650 and 1750 maps, which are drawn with the same orientation, shows the extent of the city's growth.
Strangeways, a relatively underdeveloped area containing an old workhouse, can be seen at the bottom of the map between the rivers Irk and Irwell. At the top of the map can be seen the open fields of Petersfield.
In 1805 the Lee and Phillips Factory in Salford became the first to be lit by gas. In 1806 the Portico Library opened. In the same year the Mersey-Irwell Naviagtion enabled the first packet boat to travel from the New Bailey Bridge to Rucorn. This canal would later become part of the Manchester Ship Canal. In 1808 the Manchester and Salford Waterworks Company was established, to provide much-needed water supplies for the mills and the newly-arrived immigrant workers.
The wonderful engraving complete with mill, scroll and packaged goods can be understood as representing life in the city in the early 1800s in this context of industry, learning and commerce.
Click on the magnifying glass to zoom in to the large size of the map.