J. Sage & Son's new & reliable rail road map comprising all the railroads of the United States and Canadas with their stations and distances
Stammann, Hugo.
Sage (J.) & Sons.
cartographic
map
nyu
monographic
Buffalo
J. Sage & Sons
1858
eng
map 113 x 143 cm. on 2 sheets 117 x 73 cm.
Outline commercial map of the eastern half of the United States framed in decorative borders indicating major drainage systems, state boundaries, cities and towns along railroad routes, and distances between stations. Includes detailed lists of railroad companies, stations, and distances by state in marginal text. [From published bibliography]
compiled from the most acurate statistics.
Shows railroads in operation, under construction, and projected.
Note: "To Directors & Superintendents. The low price of this map must insure a large sale and as it will be printed in small editions, the publishers believe it to be the interest of the Rail Road Community to furnish us with sketches of all roads, or parts of roads that may be finished after this date, as well as notice of any changes of name or consolidation, and the proposed routes of Newly Chartered & progressing roads..."
Differs from other edition in marginal text.
LC also has revised 1866 edition, published by Asher & Adams.
Inset: "Eastern Massachusetts and part of N. Hampshire, Rhode Island & Connecticut on an enlarged scale." 15 x 17 cm.
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Scale 1:2,112,000; 33 1/3 miles to an in.
Railroads
United States
Maps
United States
G3701.P3 1858 .S8
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3701p.rr000360
LC Railroad maps,
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gm 70005373
hdl:loc.gmd/g3701p.rr000360
DLC
710429
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