Zinc Map of London Underground

Hi

I'm not sure what this was used for is it a template? Does anyone know who made it and what year it would be from? Thanks

 

It's not a standard printing block; if printed, the lettering would come out backward. It has to be for some sort of printing though.

 

That's what I thought.. I wondered if it was a pressing. The map seems old.. But the lettering for the zinc manufacturer on back seems fairly modern? My partner has had knowledge of its existence for at least 25 years in his Mums house, his Dad was a salvage hunter.

 

Well, the first thing you do is an internet search for the highlighted locations. They appear to all be associated with the Central Electricity Generating Board or CEGB. It was in business from 1957 into the 1990s.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Electricity_Generating_Board

Debora

 

Brilliant investigating Debora thankyou

 

Hardly. But thank you!

Debora

 

Can't guess what kind of press that might've been run on (if any), but in "modern" offset printing, the image on the printing plate looks as it does on the finished product, not reversed.

 

If you're selling that, I am seriously interested. It's not a printing plate, these were used in areas where sparks were a problem, hence the zinc.

 

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