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Skeleton map of rail-roads between Cape Canso and St. Louis

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division

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Title
Skeleton map of rail-roads between Cape Canso and St. Louis
Names
Boston (Mass.). Engineering Department (Publisher)
Chesbrough, Ellis Sylvester, 1813-1886 (Compiler)
Tappan & Bradford (Lithographer)
Collection

Maps of North America

Countries

United States (except New York)

Parts

Dates / Origin
Place: Boston :
Publisher: Tappan & Bradford's Lith.,
Date Issued: 1851
Library locations
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 01-5294 [Filed with U.S. Railroads, [1850?], as originally cataloged in NYPL Dictionary Catalog of the Map Division]
Topics
Railroads -- Northeastern States
Railroads -- United States
Maps
Genres
Maps
Notes
Content: Includes notes and distance chart.
Content: Insets: Map of rail roads in Massachusetts -- Boston Harbor & rail road termini : showing facilities for shipment and internal transmission of merchandise with existing wharves and proposed improvement of the flats at South Boston.
Content: National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
Content: NYPL copy imperfect: lacks upper right corner (part of distance chart) and parts of lower margin.
Content: Shows railroads in operation or under construction and projected railroads in the northeastern United States and part of Canada.
Citation/reference: LC Railroad maps, 79
Statement of responsibility: compiled under the direction of the committee appointed by the City Council of Boston for celebrating the opening of railway communication between the waters of the Atlantic at Boston, the Canadas, and the Great West, by E.S. Chesbrough, city engineer.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 map ; 60 x 82 cm.
Type of Resource
Cartographic
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 5486681
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b15107708
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 3940ebc0-c52b-012f-3c2d-3c075448cc4b
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1851: Place
  • 2015: Digitized
  • 2026: Found by you!
  • 2027

MLA Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Skeleton map of rail-roads between Cape Canso and St. Louis" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1851. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-ee7b-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Chicago/Turabian Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Skeleton map of rail-roads between Cape Canso and St. Louis" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed October 13, 2026. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-ee7b-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1851). Skeleton map of rail-roads between Cape Canso and St. Louis Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-ee7b-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Skeleton map of rail-roads between Cape Canso and St. Louis