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File:1873 Beers Map of Flushing and College Point, Queens, New York - Geographicus - Kissena Creek & Central RR 1.jpg

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Flushing, Queens Co. L.I.
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http://www.geographicus.com/mm5/cartographers/beers.txt
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http://www.geographicus.com/mm5/cartographers/beers.txt (Map)
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Flushing, Queens Co. L.I.
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English: A scarce example of Fredrick W. Beers’ map of Flushing and College Point, Queens, New York. published in 1873. The river highlighted in black is the former Kissena Creek, which flowed east, north, then west towards Flushing Creek. The rail line highlighted in black is the former Central Railroad of Long Island, which ran east from Flushing to Garden City, Long Island.
Date 1873
date QS:P571,+1873-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Dimensions height: 14 in (35.5 cm); width: 22 in (55.8 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,14U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,22U218593
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Geographicus link: Flushing-beers-1873
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Atlas of Long Island, New York. From Recent Actual Surveys and Records Under the Superintendence of F. W. Beers. (1873 First Edition).

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