Detail View: David Rumsey Historical Map Collection: Map Exhibiting The ... Lines for the New-York and New-Haven Rail-Road.
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Short Title:
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Map Exhibiting The ... Lines for the New-York and New-Haven Rail-Road.
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Obj Height cm:
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95
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Obj Width cm:
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636
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Scale 1:
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20,000
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Note:
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This is probably the prepublication manuscript drawing for the final printed version of this map that was issued in the same year - see our 4218.000. It is twice the size and scale of the final printed version, and is beautifully hand drawn and colored. It is amazing that a map this large has survived outside of an institutional library for so long. Apparently it was kept in a family for several generations. It was leant to us by its current owner so that we could scan it and put it online. From our notes to the printed version: Greatly detailed strip map over twenty 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.).
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Reference:
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Modelski 484; Modelski North America 9.
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Full Title:
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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 20,000. Feb. 1845.
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List No:
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6902.000
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Series No:
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1
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Pub Date:
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1845
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Pub Title:
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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 20,000. Feb. 1845.
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Pub Reference:
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Modelski 484; Modelski North America 9.
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Pub Note:
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See note field above. J.C. Ehesbroush is probably the corrected name on the printed version of I.C. Chesbrough on this manuscript copy.
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Pub List No:
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6902.000
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Pub Maps:
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1
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Pub Height cm:
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95
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Pub Width cm:
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636
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Image No:
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6902000
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Download 1:
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Download 2:
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Publisher:
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Manuscript
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Type:
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Separate Map
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State/Province:
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Connecticut
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State/Province:
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New York
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Subject:
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Railroad
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Engraver or Printer:
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Ehesbroush, J.C.
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Engraver or Printer:
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Harris, D.L.
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Engraver or Printer:
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Shotwell, E.
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Engraver or Printer:
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Twining, A.G.
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Publication Author:
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Anderson, P.
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Pub Type:
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Separate Map
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Author:
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Anderson, P.
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Date:
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1845
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