Plan of Halifax in 1761
Plan of the Town of Halifax, West Yorkshire, showing plans for water supply pipes.
Author: John Smeaton
Date: 1761
Location: Halifax
Format: Map
Document ID: 100831
Library ID: 14313753
Plan of the Town of Halifax drawn by John Smeaton when he was asked to prepare a scheme for supplying the town with water. His report was dated 14th February 1761, and was addressed to Mr. Simpson (afterwards Secretary to the Halifax Manufacturers' Hall [Piece Hall] Building Committee). Originally published in "Celebrated Engineers of the Eighteenth Century, London, 1812".
This image taken from "The Yorkshire Coiners 1767-1783. And Notes on Old and Prehistoric Halifax" by H. Ling Roth, Honorary Curator of Bankfield Museum, Halifax. Published in Halifax in 1906 by F. King & Sons, Ltd.
