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Map by Alexandria Drafting Company.
NC Route 16, which runs from Waxhaw, North Carolina to the Ohio River south of Wheeling, originally followed Elizabeth Avenue, and Trade Street through uptown.
US 21, which was shifted onto I-77 in sections between the late 1960s and early 1980s, originally followed South Boulevard, Morehead Street, Graham Street, and Statesville Avenue through uptown. US 21 originally ran from the Beaufort area of South Carolina north to Cleveland, Ohio. Between the mid-1960s and the early 1980s, it was gradually truncated southward; it's northern endpoint is now Wytheville, Virginia, and the only section not rendered redundant by I-77 is the section south of Columbia, South Carolina.
Map by JSK / Superior Maps. Interstate 181 is now Interstate 26, completed from Kingsport TN to Charleston SC. Johnson City is in the Holston, or Upper Tennessee River Valley, with the main section of the most rugged part of the Appalachian Mountains rising immediately east and south of the city, forming a spectacular backdrop behind the city's skyline.
Map by Rand McNally. Housed in a card stock cover, with a detailed index booklet, which also includes city enlargements and an extensive guide to hotels and points of interest.
Map by Dolph Map Co. Georgetown, the 3rd-oldest city in South Carolina was founded in 1729, though attempts at permanent settlement in the area first began in the 1500s.
New Lan Drift (arrowed)
At this time, 1874, the Ironworks and associated mines were owned by T.W. Booker (Junior). Following the rapid decline of the iron trade in the late 1870's these works, together with Melingriffith tinplate works, were put into administration following the collapse of the West of England Bank and ceased trading in September 1879 putting 1,400 people out of work during 1878/79. The works reopened under administration in December 1879 although at a much reduced capacity.
The estate included 1000 acres of freehold mineral rights together with cottages and a farm.
The mines continued to work intermittently supplying coal to the brickworks under several different owners up to just before WW1 but at a much lower output - the miners of Booker's time transferred to the Rhondda & Cynon mines, returning home each Saturday afternoon for a short weekend with their families.
During the investigation into working conditions of women & children for the Royal Commission 1842 it was reported that Pentyrch Ironworks, then owned by Richard Blakemore, employed some 600 men, women and children of whom 150 children were below the age of 13 yrs.
January 1850 - the ironworks converted to the Messrs. Dickson & Budd's process of smelting which was claimed to save some 100 tons of fuel a week.
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Early Sketch of the Grand Map of London by Wellingtons Travel.
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This is from Gardiner's "Atlas of English History" published in 1910; it's a book I own, and I have just scanned from it. :-)
Map by MAPCO. This is one of the last, if not THE last map published by MAPCO (Map Corporation of America) before their collapse in December or November of 1964. Hagstrom Map Company of New York purchased a number of their base maps for various locales in the eastern US, and kept those maps updated into the 1970s. The Boston-based Arrow Map Co., meanwhile, inherited much of their client list, and a sizable chunk of their staff.
Provincetown was (I believe) the first landing spot for the Pilgrims in what would later become The United States. US Route 6, whose eastern endpoint is Provincetown, once ran cross-country to Los Angeles, though the western endpoint was truncated to a location north of Mammoth lakes, CA in the early 1960s.
Map was first drafted by A C Wagner Maps. After their demise, it was maintained and kept up-to-date by the National Map Company of Indianapolis.
+ level (arrowed) - this level worked No.2 Rhondda seam.
Also known as the "Scotch" colliery. Opened 1861-62 by the Glamorgan Coal Co. - later became part of the Cambrian Colliery complex and was the scene of clashes during the Tonypandy riots of 1910-1911. Ceased production 1945. Closed 1966.
Friday 23rd. July 1909 this mine was visited by the Duke & Duchess of Argyle (Princess Louise) whilst on a tour of the area where she performed the ceremony of starting a new aerial ropeway depositing spoil on the mountain between the Rhondda valleys.
This followed a ceremony at Trealaw where the couple opened the new Memorial Hall. The short stretch of road crossing the river near top of photo is named after her on this map.
During the bitter strike of 1910 - 1911 troops were brought into the area by the Home Secretary Winston Churchill following rioting and in December 1910 a searchlight of 25,000 candle power was installed by the Lancashire Fusiliers with a range of several miles to illuminate the colliery to prevent strikers causing damage.
August 1913 - Mrs. D.A. Thomas, wife of the chairman, drew the first coke from a new installation of c100 No. Kepper ovens costing some £60,000 - 50% of the gas byproduct will be used for lighting the colliery surface and the remainder offered for purchase by Rhondda Council for lighting. Mr. A. Than, the company chemist, is the manager of the new plant.
October 1920 - a report stated the mine pumps 19,000 tons of water per day - ie. 5 tons per ton of coal.
November 1920 - an explosion at a by-product gas tank killed Mr. Evan D. Lloyd, assistant analysis chemist.
July 1929 - The Cambrian Collieries Combine - Clydach Vale, Glamorgan colliery, Britannic colliery and Naval Colliery Co. - went into voluntary liquidation due to severe trading conditions and were purchased by Sir D.R. Llewellyn for £745,000 on behalf of messrs. GKN - 1500 No. men employed.
25th. January 1932 - an explosion in the Pentre seam killed eleven men, including two rescuers.
Although effectively ceasing production in 1932, the mine remained open for pumping and production restarted on a small scale during the war - on July 24th 1945 the Controller of the Ministry of Fuel & Power issued an authority for the mine to again cease production with 280 miners transferred to other Powell Duffryn mines and the remaining reserves to be worked from those adjacent mines.
For further info www.welshcoalmines.co.uk/GlamEast/Glamorgan.htm
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Map by MAPCO. Baltimore's population was peaking at about the time this map was published. Baltimore is known for - among many other intriguing factoids - Frank Zappa, John Waters, and Edgar Allan Poe.
Map by Geographia Maps. Arlington has never been formally incorporated as a city, with a mayor or municipal government. I assume the state of Virginia has allowed the county government to function as though it were an incorporated city. Nonetheless, it's something of a place that doesn't really fit easily into any kind of geographical classification.
Creator J.H. Colton in New York. Steel engraving, hand coloured as published. Decorative map which shows Spain and Portugal. The provinces or counties hand colored in outline and wash. With many engraved place names, rivers, streets and mountains. In the lower right corner with a small inset map of Gibraltar.
Map by Superior Maps of High Point, published for the Thomasville Chamber of Commerce. A small furniture town at the time, Thomasville has since grown into an exurb of Greensboro, High Point, and Winston-Salem.
The tunnel carried the Hall's Tramway, opened early 1800's, from the Manmoel & Waterloo Collieries to Crosskeys through the hill and this route became the railway from Markham & Oakdale collieries in later years.
At the time of this survey, 1878, this was still horse-operated as the tunnel was later considerably shortened from the west end when converted to a railway by GWR (1896?) - although I believe the lower section down to Pontywaun was loco operated from c1854 as records from the Pontywaun weighing machine for that year indicate many truck capacities were 5 - 6 tons. (this theory is supported by the presence of the double track east of the tunnel BUT the term "Tramway" gives rise to doubt on this)
In the top right hand corner can be seen the disused Kendon colliery tramroad looping around to run parallel with this tramway.
The mainline railway, upper left, is the G.W.R.Vale of Neath Extension.
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Map by Geographia Maps. There are no date codes on this map; I'm estimating the date by the size and relative isolation of Torrey Pines Park at the time, and that any military use of that areas has apparently finished. Mission Bay had also been rather recently completed.
Map by MAPCO. Distributed by a local magazine distributor. The northern part of this map section is the former town of Eau Claire, South Carolina, which merged with the city of Columbia earlier in the 20th Century.
Disused - opened 1873 - closed 1893. This site is at present-day Trethomas.
Worked the Mynyddislwyn seam (No.3 Llantwit / Bedwas Vein) at 60 yds. depth.
The tramway incline runs up to the mainline Brecon & Merthyr railway.
In 1883 a new company bought the lease and were preparing to reopen this mine.
When closed there are reports of some 300 men working here.
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Map by Mapco. Map is glued to the inside right side of a card stock cover; the map folds out of the protective cover.
Map by Rand McNally. This map shows part of the planned Acadian Thruway, a toll turnpike that was to run from Metarie to Lafayette. Plans were scrapped in the late 1950s, with the advent of the Interstate highway system.
Mangotsfield to Coalpit Heath section of old OS map showing the LMS line from Mangotsfield throught Shortwood toward Westerleigh.
Includes Factory (Chocolate) which is why there is now an Elizabeth Way and and a Shaw Close. Most of the other roads on this development have a bit of history behind them, Ridley Ave, Stanier Rd, The Pines, Junction Way.
Cwmaman Colliery - opened 1849 by T. Sheperd & Evans - also known as "Sheperd's Pit" - closed 1935. Supplied coal to London Underground Railway system (prior to electrification).
Fforchaman Colliery, known also as "Brown's Pit", - sunk c1856 by Brown & Protheroe Co. - closed 1965. In 1866 an 8 year old boy was working at the pit - his mother having lied about his age.
November 1874 - 1000 tons of coal cut & raised in a 10 hour shift.
Owned at this time by Powell Duffryn Steam Coal Co.
The steam coal from this, and adjacent mines, was regarded in trials in 1859 as "such quality as never before seen"
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