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Description

1. 1 map : hand colored; 91 x 103 cm, on sheet 94 x 106 cm

Alternative title

1. Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US146.2.03

Subject

1. Railroads
2. New York (State)
3. Railroads > New York (State) > Maps
4. Maps
5. New York (State) > Maps
6. Administrative and political divisions
7. New York (State) > Administrative and political divisions > Maps

Genre/Form

1. Maps.

Call number

1. Map Div. 16-5788

Note

1. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington.
2. Shows counties and towns, completed and projected railroads, distances between railroad stations, and rivers.
3. Inset maps: Miniature rail road map of the vicinity of New York (scale approximately 1:318,000) -- The eastern portion of Long Island.
4. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1875 by G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington."

Indexed in (note)

1. New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division

Author

1. G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co., cartographer, publisher.

Title

1. Colton's new township railroad map of New York : with parts of adjoining states & Canada.

Publisher

1. New York : G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co., 1876.

Cartographic data

1. Scale approximately 1:576,000 (W 80°10'--W 71°51'/N 45°05'--N 40°25').

Type of content

1. cartographic image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. sheet

Indexed in:

1. New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v. 7, page 164, column 1, row 5

Local note

1. NYPL Map Div. copy is divided into 2 sheets 94 x 53 cm.

Source

1. US146.2.03

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Place of publication

1. United States New York (State) New York.

Research call number

1. Map Div. 16-5788 [2 sheets]