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Image Number: 
GB127.MISC_1192_1_011
Reference Number: 
GB127.MISC/1192/1
Image Title: 
Manchester bomb damage
Parent Work Title: 
Record of location of aerial bombs on the City of Manchester
Creator: 
Manchester City Council City Architect's Department (Building Surveyor's Division)
Creator Role: 
Author
Date Created: 
1940-1941
Page/Sheet: 
104 pt 2
Description: 
Original map of Manchester: Ordnance Survey Revisions of 1932-1935. Scale: 25" to 1 mile. Annotated with: red circles for fire bombs; blue circles for high explosives; pink shading for damaged buildings; red shading for demolished buildings; green marks: line mines, indicating bomb damage by the Luftwaffe during the Blitz. Detailing Higher Broughton, Cheetham, Cheetwood and High Town.
Language Code: 
eng-GB
Language Name: 
English
Subject: 
World War, 1939-1945
Subject: 
Manchester (England)--History
Subject: 
Manchester (England)--Maps
Category of Material: 
Printed
Support: 
Paper
Time Period Covered: 
20th Century CE
Places Covered: 
England: Greater Manchester: Manchester
Item Height: 
1005 mm
Item Width: 
738 mm
Current Repository: 
Manchester Archives and Local Studies
Rights Holder - Image: 
Manchester Libraries, Information and Archives, Manchester City Council
Rights holder - Work: 
Manchester Libraries, Information and Archives, Manchester City Council
Notes: 
All image requests to be directed to Manchester Archives and Local Studies
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd): 
2012-09-14
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2012-11
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB