COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
Map Exhibiting The ... Lines for the New-York and New-Haven Rail-Road.
Obj Height cm:
47
Obj Width cm:
316
Scale 1:
40,000
Note:
Greatly detailed strip map over ten feet long showing the surveyed routes of the New York and New Haven Railroad. The line was opened in 1849. The map is unique for a railroad map in its huge size, large scale, elegance of drawing, and variety of information shown (houses, trails, rivers, turnpikes, lighthouses, harbors, hills, swamps, etc.).
Reference:
Modelski 484; Modelski North America 9.
Full Title:
Map Exhibiting The Experimental and Located Lines for the New-York and New-Haven Rail-Road ... Projected and Drawn by P. Anderson Civil Engr. Scale 1 to 40,000. Febr. 1845. Snyder & Black Lithogrs. 87 Fulton St. New-York.
List No:
4218.000
Series No:
1
Pub Date:
1845
Pub Title:
Map Exhibiting The Experimental and Located Lines for the New-York and New-Haven Rail-Road ... Projected and Drawn by P. Anderson Civil Engr. Scale 1 to 40,000. Febr. 1845. Snyder & Black Lithogrs. 87 Fulton St. New-York.
Pub Reference:
Modelski 484; Modelski North America 9.
Pub Note:
See note field above.
Pub List No:
4218.000
Pub Maps:
1
Pub Height cm:
47
Pub Width cm:
162
Image No:
4218000
Institution:
Rumsey Collection
Ownership Statement:
Copyright 1998
Publisher Location:
New York
Publisher:
Snyder & Black Lithogrs.
Type:
Separate Map
State/Province:
Connecticut
State/Province:
New York
Subject:
Railroad
Engraver or Printer:
Ehesbroush, J.C.
Engraver or Printer:
Harris, D.L.
Engraver or Printer:
Mason, R.B.
Engraver or Printer:
Provost, B.B.
Engraver or Printer:
Shotwell, E.
Engraver or Printer:
Sours, P.
Engraver or Printer:
Twining, A.G.
Publication Author:
Anderson, P.
Pub Type:
Separate Map
Author:
Anderson, P.
Date:
1845
Map Exhibiting The ... Lines for the New-York and New-Haven Rail-Road.
