Historical Map: Manchester Ship Canal, England, c. 1928?
Not a “traditional” transit map, but it does show an important transportation network in a simplified strip map form, so that’s good enough for me! This absolutely gorgeous two-colour map straightens out all the kinks in the eponymous canal, presenting it as a dead straight line from one end to the other. The variable scale is indicated by the mile markers on either side of the map: the less interesting parts of the canal get […]