New The Rails Map Of Industrial Decline
January 16, 2019
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Rail Map Online is a Google Map of UK of Britain together with Northern Republic of Ireland railway lines, showing both the acquaint UK of Britain together with Northern Republic of Ireland rails network together with historical (now closed) railway lines.
The map provides a slap-up overview of the UK's historical rails network. Zoom inwards virtually anywhere on the map together with y'all tin rank the axe come across how extensive the UK of Britain together with Northern Republic of Ireland rails network used to be. In fact the map provides a pretty impressive snapshot of a ane time powerful industrial land moving towards a post-industrial age.
When y'all zoom inwards on the map together with switch to satellite sentiment y'all powerfulness wonder why together with thence many rails lines were built to service what await similar only empty fields. Luckily the map too includes a position out of historical map options. Switch to the Ordnance Survey 6in map together with y'all volition in all probability let on that those immediately empty fields were ane time factories, mills or mines.
It turns out that an historical map of the UK of Britain together with Northern Republic of Ireland rails network too provides a fascinating insight into the UK's industrial decline.