File:Skeleton map showing the rail roads completed and in progress in the United States and their connection as proposed with the harbor of Pensacola - and its relative position to the various NYPL434062.tiff
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| Description | Skeleton map showing the rail roads completed and in progress in the United States and their connection as proposed with the harbor of Pensacola : and its relative position to the various important ports on the Gulf of Mexico, the Atlantic coast and in the West Indies / prepared by order of the House of Representatives of the United States, 1st sess., 30th Con.; Maps of North America. / Countries / United States (except New York) / Whole | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes | Outline map of the eastern half of the United States indicating drainage, state boundaries, major cities, and constructed and contemplated railroads. The southern portion of map indicates proposed shipping routes to points in the West Indies and Middle America. This is one of the earliest small-scale government maps to show a railroad network. [From published bibliography] ''Note 2.'') National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard. ''Note 3.'') NYPL copy has written in ink below title: 1847-8. ''Note 4.'') Railroad lines hand col. in red and green ink. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Item physical description | 1 map : hand col.; 123 x 91 cm. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Catalogue call number | Map Div. 01-5296 [Filed with U.S. Railroads, 1847-8] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Standard reference | LC Railroad maps, 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchdetail.cfm?imageID=434062
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| Author | United States. Congress. House - Publisher | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Permission (Reusing this file) |
From The Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division. http://maps.nypl.org
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| Location | Stephen A. Schwarzman Building / The Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Digital item published | 2-3-2004; updated 3-25-2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Digital ID | 434062 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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