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America Transformed: This map depicts the geography of the iron and steel industry during the last half of the 19th century when coke from coal was introduced into the manufacturing process. Consequently, iron and steel factories moved closer to the coal sources, since coal was bulkier and more expensive to transport than iron ore. This map uses flow lines, a graphic statistical device innovative for the time, with the width of the lines representing the tonnage of iron coming from Michigan's Upper Peninsula and northeastern Minnesota and shipped to ports in the lower Great Lakes, including Chicago, Toledo, Cleveland, Erie, Buffalo, and Pittsburgh.
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Document identity
localId
7h14b031n
label
Distribution of the iron ores mined in the Lake Superior Region in the year 1902
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
7h14b031n
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Distribution of the iron ores mined in the Lake Superior Region in the year 1902
description
America Transformed: This map depicts the geography of the iron and steel industry during the last half of the 19th century when coke from coal was introduced into the manufacturing process. Consequently, iron and steel factories moved closer to the coal sources, since coal was bulkier and more expensive to transport than iron ore. This map uses flow lines, a graphic statistical device innovative for the time, with the width of the lines representing the tonnage of iron coming from Michigan's Upper Peninsula and northeastern Minnesota and shipped to ports in the lower Great Lakes, including Chicago, Toledo, Cleveland, Erie, Buffalo, and Pittsburgh.
date
["1902"]
year
1902
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_008632
creators
Birkinbine, John, 1844-1915
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Iron ores--Great Lakes Region (North America)--Maps
Iron industry and trade--Great Lakes Region (North America)--Maps
Iron ores--Transportation--Superior, Lake--Maps
Shipping--Great Lakes (North America)--Maps
Great Lakes Region (North America)--Maps
subjectsGeographic
Great Lakes Region
North and Central America
Superior, Lake
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
[Washington, D.C.]
publisher
United States Geological Survey
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
45
schema:longitude
-85
extent
1 map : col. ; 54 x 89 cm.
notes
Shows iron ore shipping routes in red.
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no
dcId
7h14b031n
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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3434c4ed0a19e2b8