COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
Map of the South Mountain and Boston Railroad and Connections.
Obj Height cm:
43
Obj Width cm:
69
Note:
Illustrated with Hudson River bridge crossing at Poughkeepsie and scene of the train. Relief shown in hachures.
Reference:
P2481; Modelski North America 61(South Mountain & Boston Railroad Map).
Full Title:
Map of the South Mountain and Boston Railroad and Connections Showing Territory Passed Through Rail-Roads and Canals Crossed or Connected With ... A.M. Price Jr., Chief Engineer. Reading Publishing House, Reading, Pa.
List No:
3745.043
Page No:
66-67
Series No:
43
Pub Date:
1876
Pub Title:
New Illustrated Atlas Of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. Compiled & Drawn from Personal Examinations, Surveys & Under the Personal Supervision of F.A. Davis. and Published under the Superintendence of H.L. Kochersperger By The Reading Publishing House, Reading, Pa. A.M. Davis Successor to F.A. Davis & Co. 1876. Copyright 1876, By O.W. Gray & Son, & F.A. Davis & Co. Maps & Atlases Plain and Colored Lithographing Engraving on Wood or Stone ... Historical Works & Charts ...
Pub Reference:
P2481; Modelski North America 61(South Mountain & Boston Railroad Map).
Pub Note:
Views, plats and advertisements are placed in fairly typical fashion (although there are several large folding maps of Allentown) but what distinguishes this atlas is a double page map at the back of the atlas called "Map of The South Mountain and Boston Rail Road & Connections." This map is listed in Modelski; at the time the atlas was published, the railroad was under construction and about to enter and pass through Lehigh County. On page 14 of the atlas is a long description of The South Mountain Railroad, "The most important enterprise now in progress, affecting Lehigh County..." This map appeared in two other county atlases, one by F.W. Beers of Lebanon County, 1875, and the other by A.M. Davis of Westmoreland County, 1876. So the railroad used the county atlases to promote its business. Maps in full color.
Pub List No:
3745.000
Pub Maps:
36
Pub Height cm:
44
Pub Width cm:
38
Image No:
3745043
Publisher Location:
Reading
Publisher:
Reading Publishing House
Type:
Atlas Map
County:
Lehigh County (Pa.)
Region:
Central Atlantic States
Subject:
Railroad
Engraver or Printer:
Davis, F.A. & Co.
Engraver or Printer:
H.L. Kochersperger
Engraver or Printer:
Gray, O.W. & Son
Publication Author:
Davis, F.A.
Pub Type:
County Atlas
Author:
Davis, F.A.
Date:
1876
Map of the South Mountain and Boston Railroad and Connections.
