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Re:Interactive maps of Europe in the 19th century by iso1210 on Tuesday December 21, 2021 @03:14PM (#29641556)
Cool, I've seen higher resolutions of my house (well technically the previous building as it was rebuilt in 1962) from 1890 on https://maps.nls.uk/os/6inch-england-and-wales/, but not the rest of Europe

I find the map of Greece being written in German (published in Vienna) amusing

Some interesting things in London

1) The railway line from Waterloo East to Waterloo main is still in place

2) No Tower Bridge

3) The Circle/District/Metropolitain lines are shown

4) The Olympia-ShepherdsBush-Hammersmith loop is shown

5) There's a farm north of Shepherds Bush (where White City and the 1908 Olympics were held shortly after)

6) London in the north generally stops around Zone 2

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Re:Interactive maps of Europe in the 19th century by 8bitsrule on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @01:11AM (#29646064)
> 2) No Tower Bridge

Was just looking at it before I returned here. Find word LONDON, to the right look for A100 next to St. Katherine's Pier.

221b is NE of the word, in Marleybone, between A41 and Regent's Park. Resolution too poor to see if the statue's there yet. https://osm.org/go/euu4Hniql

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Re:Interactive maps of Europe in the 19th century by iso1210 on Thursday December 23, 2021 @08:01AM (#29661421)
It's not there

https://imgur.com/LgUmHGJ

What are you on about with A100? The UK road numbering system was a post-war thing

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