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From the 1884 Annual report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners.

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Document identity
localId
9p292s18p
label
Map of the railroads of the state of Massachusetts
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
9p292s18p
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Map of the railroads of the state of Massachusetts
description
From the 1884 Annual report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners.
date
["1884"]
year
1884
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_017655
creators
Massachusetts. Board of Railroad Commissioners
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Boston and New England Maps
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Massachusetts--Maps
Railroads--Massachusetts--Maps
subjectsGeographic
Massachusetts
North and Central America
United States
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
state
Massachusetts
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
[Boston]
publisher
[Massachusetts. Board of Railroad Commissioners]
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
dn39z223t
schema:latitude
42.25
schema:longitude
-71.8333
extent
1 map : color ; 68 x 84 cm
notes
From the 1884 Annual report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners.
Shows railroads; money order post offices; county towns; county towns if also a money order office; railroads stations, villages and ordinary post offices; and population of cities and towns by census of 1875.
Shows continuation of railroads into neighboring states.
Prime meridian: Washington, D.C.
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dcId
9p292s18p
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map
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