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America Transformed: At the end of the century, the nation's railroad network grew rapidly, resulting in a complex web that linked the eastern and western parts of the country. This map, prepared by a New York investment banker, represents the locations of the transcontinental systems and their connections to eastern and southern railroads. The legend identifies routes for 29 companies. The map highlights the impressive complexity of the rail lines in the central United States. The major cities in this region were centers of railroad traffic. Chicago had the largest number of connections with at least 10 lines converging on the city.
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Document identity
localId
4m90fd86m
label
Trans-continental map
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
4m90fd86m
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Trans-continental map
description
America Transformed: At the end of the century, the nation's railroad network grew rapidly, resulting in a complex web that linked the eastern and western parts of the country. This map, prepared by a New York investment banker, represents the locations of the transcontinental systems and their connections to eastern and southern railroads. The legend identifies routes for 29 companies. The map highlights the impressive complexity of the rail lines in the central United States. The major cities in this region were centers of railroad traffic. Chicago had the largest number of connections with at least 10 lines converging on the city.
date
["[ca. 1906]"]
year
1906
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_011519
creators
Spencer Trask & Co
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Railroads--United States--Maps
Railroads--Canada--Maps
United States--Maps
Canada--Maps
subjectsGeographic
Canada
North and Central America
United States
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Albany, N.Y
publisher
Spencer Trask & Co.
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
38
schema:longitude
-98
extent
1 map : col. ; 48 x 73 cm.
notes
Includes text and statistics.
hasTranscription
no
dcId
4m90fd86m
type
map
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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b4bf5f59dca9f587