COLLECTION NAME:
Maps Collection
mediaCollectionId
maps002~1~1
Maps Collection
Collection
true
Image Number:
Bomb_Damage_Manchester
image_number
Bomb_Damage_Manchester
Image Number
false
Reference Number:
GB127.MISC/1192/1
reference_number
GB127.MISC/1192/1
Reference Number
false
Image Title:
Manchester bomb damage
title
Manchester bomb damage
Image Title
false
Parent Work Title:
Record of location of aerial bombs on the City of Manchester
title_larger_entity
Record of location of aerial bombs on the City of Manchester
Parent Work Title
false
Creator:
Manchester City Council City Architect's Department (Building Surveyor's Division)
creator
Manchester City Council City Architect's Department (Building Surveyor's Division)
Creator
false
Creator Role:
Author
creator_role
Author
Creator Role
false
Date Created:
1940-1941
date_created
1940-1941
Date Created
false
Page/Sheet:
104 pt 6; 104 pt 7; 104 pt 10; 104 pt 11
page
104 pt 6; 104 pt 7; 104 pt 10; 104 pt 11
Page/Sheet
false
Description:
Digitally stitched: four original maps of Manchester: Ordnance Survey Revisions of 1932-1935. Scale: 1: 2500 (25" to one 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 Castlefield, Gaythorn and Cornbrook, Piccadilly Gardens, Oxford Rd. Station, Manchester City Art Gallery, Central Station, Midland Hotel, Theatre Royal, Free Trade Hall, Central Library, St Peter's Square, Deansgate Goods Station, Rylands Library and the Opera House, Ardwick, London Rd Station, the College of Technology, Mayfield Station, Ancoats Station, Lower Broughton Manchester central, Peel Park, Manchester Cathedral, Manchester Victoria, Chetham's, the Corn Exchange, Royal Exchange, Miles Platting, New Town and Beswick.
description
Digitally stitched: four original maps of Manchester: Ordnance Survey Revisions of 1932-1935. Scale: 1: 2500 (25" to one 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 Castlefield, Gaythorn and Cornbrook, Piccadilly Gardens, Oxford Rd. Station, Manchester City Art Gallery, Central Station, Midland Hotel, Theatre Royal, Free Trade Hall, Central Library, St Peter's Square, Deansgate Goods Station, Rylands Library and the Opera House, Ardwick, London Rd Station, the College of Technology, Mayfield Station, Ancoats Station, Lower Broughton Manchester central, Peel Park, Manchester Cathedral, Manchester Victoria, Chetham's, the Corn Exchange, Royal Exchange, Miles Platting, New Town and Beswick.
Description
false
Language Code:
eng-GB
language
eng-GB
Language Code
false
Language Name:
English
language_name
English
Language Name
false
Subject:
World War, 1939-1945
subject
World War, 1939-1945
Subject
false
Category of Material:
Printed
category
Printed
Category of Material
false
Support:
Paper
support
Paper
Support
false
Time Period Covered:
20th Century CE
temporal_coverage
20th Century CE
Time Period Covered
false
Places Covered:
England: Greater Manchester: Manchester
spatial_coverage
England: Greater Manchester: Manchester
Places Covered
false
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
notes
All image requests to be directed to <a href="http://www.manchester.gov.uk/info/448/archives_and_local_history/7378/access_our_archives_rare_books_and_collections/3">Manchester Archives and Local Studies</a>
Notes
false
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2012-09-14
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2013-02
Metadata Language:
eng-GB