COLLECTION NAME:
Maps Collection
Record
Image Number:
Bomb_Damage_Manchester
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 6; 104 pt 7; 104 pt 10; 104 pt 11
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.
Language Code:
eng-GB
Language Name:
English
Subject:
World War, 1939-1945
Category of Material:
Printed
Support:
Paper
Time Period Covered:
20th Century CE
Places Covered:
England: Greater Manchester: Manchester
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 Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2013-02
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
