COLLECTION NAME:
Maps Collection
Record
Image Number:
GB127.MISC_1192_1_023
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 16
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 Belle Vue, Ryder Brow and Gorton. Including Belle Vue Speedway, Belle Vue Zoological Gardens and Belle Vue Greyhound Race Course.
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
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
