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Source Description
Shows railroads in operation or under construction and projected railroads in the northeastern United States and part of Canada.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
wd376294q
label
Skeleton map of rail-roads between Cape Canso and St. Louis
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
wd376294q
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Skeleton map of rail-roads between Cape Canso and St. Louis
description
Shows railroads in operation or under construction and projected railroads in the northeastern United States and part of Canada.
date
["1851"]
year
1851
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_002306
creators
Chesbrough, Ellis Sylvester, 1813-1886
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Railroads--United States--Maps
Massachusetts--Maps
United States--Maps
subjectsGeographic
Massachusetts
North and Central America
United States
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
state
Massachusetts
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Boston, Mass
publisher
Tappan & Bradford's Lith.
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
42.25
schema:longitude
-71.8333
extent
1 map ; 60 x 79 cm.
notes
Shows railroads in operation or under construction and projected railroads in the northeastern United States and part of Canada.
Includes distance chart and insets "Map of rail roads in Massachusetts" and "Boston Harbor & rail road termini."
hasTranscription
no
dcId
wd376294q
type
map
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
9ea0de268cb4cc7a