The strong black lines on the left hand of the plan, shew the situation of the present Birmingham Canal, and its present termination at the town. The red line is the course of the intended extension of that canal round the town of Birmingham ... the yellow line in part describes the course of the new-proposed canal ...
[Birmingham? : s.n.,
between 1772 and 1784?]
Title from text.
Text concludes: Therefore it is obvious, that nearly the whole of the town will be much better served by the extension of the old canal, than it could be by the new-proposed one.
At head of sheet a map of central Birmingham, 248 x 266 mm.
The old canal shown by the black line dates from 1772, and the canal shown by the red line as intended was operating from 1784.
ESTC
Canals
England Birmingham.