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Drawings, photographs, maps, plans and prints, largely from the Cities and Town Planning Exhibition devised by Sir Patrick Geddes.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13319
Scope and Contents
The Cities and Town Planning Exhibition was originally conceived in conjunction with the first Town Planning Conference of 1910 organised by the Royal Institute of British Architects, at Burlington House, London, to mark the passing of the Housing and Town Planning Act, 1909. Patrick Geddes was asked to be its Director and used it to demonstrate his method of city survey. After the conference, Geddes toured the exhibition to cities interested in learning about the latest developments in...
Dates:
1649-1919, undated
Engraved plan, circa 1840, of Holyrood Park with manuscript additions, 1843, of William Nixon.
Item
Identifier: Acc.7795
Dates:
circa 1840-1843.
Legal papers, maps and prospectuses, largely concerning a Stirling, Glasgow and Edinburgh canal, and the Slamannan Railway, Stirlingshire.
Item
Identifier: Acc.5855
Dates:
circa 1835-circa 1856.
Manuscript and printed maps concerning railways between Edinburgh and Bathgate and between Airdrie and Bathgate.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.3301
Dates:
1845-1847.