Map

Collection object


1987.0277
L. 101.6 x W. 69.2
Maps, O.S., City of Limerick, 1870, 4 (.277:1 - :4). Scale Five Feet to One Mile. Surveyed by Lt. Engledue, R.E. , under the direction of Major / Lt. Colonel Wilkinson, at the Ordnance Survey Office, Phoenix Park, Dublin - Major-General Sir Henry James, R.E., Superintendent. Map outline by R. Hendrie / H. Wilson / F. Boyce, water by James Jones, writing by M. Moloney / J.F. Ainslie / David Dick. .277:1 engraved in 1871, :2 - :4 in 1872. Top left, on border, title, top right, on border, sheet no. Bottom left, on border, All Rights of Reproduction Reserved. Bottom, left, scale, links, bottom, right, scale, feet. Bottom centre, publication details (summarised above), also info re Ordnance Datum. Centre of each side, nos. of adjacent sheets. Extent of sheets: :1 (V65) Curragour Falls - Howley's Quay, Shelbourne Road - Thomas Street; :2 (V66) Arthur's Quay - Buckley's Lane, John's Square - River Lane; :3 (V75) Floating Dock - Augustinian Church, Westfields river bank - Myles Lane; 4 (V76) St. John's Cathedral - Railway Goods Store, Lunatic Asylum - Thomas Street. Notes: :1, note Methodist Chapel, Independent Chapel, Lansdowne Spinning Mill; :2 note Killaloe Slate Yard, Lock Mills, Canal Brewery, Thomond Brewery, Christian Brothers School (now in ruins), Buckley's Lane / Magdalene Lane, apparently subsumed into Good Shepherd Convent; :4 note Garryowen Brewery. Maps on heavy paper, cream coloured, printed black. Benchmarks shown. Possible platemark on each sheet. Wards named around margin. Wide border around each sheet. Rev: :1, Limerick V65 (Wellesley Bridge); :2, Limerick V66 (Lock Quay); :3, Limerick V75 (Henry St); :4, Limerick V76 (County Gaol). White dealers label on back of :3, Limerick (4) / 5 ft to 1M.


Lt Engledue (surveyor)