Dinsmore's new railroad map of the United States and the Canadas, showing all the railroads completed and in progress, carefully compiled from official sources, for Dinsmore's railroad guide

Dinsmore's new railroad map of the United States and the Canadas, showing all the railroads completed and in progress, carefully compiled from official sources, for Dinsmore's railroad guide

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Title:
Dinsmore's new railroad map of the United States and the Canadas, showing all the railroads completed and in progress, carefully compiled from official sources, for Dinsmore's railroad guide
Date:
[1860]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
Boston Public Library
Norman B. Leventhal Map Center
Collection (local):
Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection
Subjects:
Railroads--Canada--Maps
Railroads--United States--Maps
Railroads--Massachusetts--Maps
Canada--Maps
United States--Maps
Places:
Massachusetts
Canada
Extent:
1 map ; 49 x 62 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/cj82kn79m
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
New York : Dinsmore & Co.
Scale:
Scale [ca. 1:4,000,000]
Language:
English
Notes:
Railroad situation at Cedar Rapids and Ottumwa, Iowa, and St. Joseph, Missouri, not earlier than September 1859; at Ottumwa, not later than July 1, 1865. Cf. R.E. Riegel. Story of the Western railroads; R.C. Overton, History of the Burlington lines. Cotton gin advertised on verso of map patented June and September 1860.
Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington.
Relief shown by hachures.
"The numbers upon the map refer to corresponding numbers in the Index to Railroads" in the Guide.
Inset: Eastern part of Massachusetts (enlarged scale).
Fisk & Russell, engravers.
Advertisements on verso.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
06_01_009201
Call #:
G3701.P3 1860 .D56
Barcode:
39999065660928