REFINE     Who What Where When     REMOVE Railroad Connecticut New York Anderson, P. WHAT Separate Map (2) WHO Ehesbroush, J.C. (2) Harris, D.L. (2) Shotwell, E. (2) Twining, A.G. (2) More  WHEN 1845 (2)

REFINE  Browse All : Railroad by Anderson, P. of Connecticut and New York 1-2 of 2 Anderson, P. Map Exhibiting The ... ... 1845 Separate Map   Author Anderson, P. Note This is probably the prepublication manuscript drawing for the final printed version of this map that was issued in the same year - see our 4218.000. It is twice the size and scale of the final printed version, and is beautifully hand drawn and colored. It is amazing that a map this large has survived outside of an institutional library for so long. Apparently it was kept in a family for several generations. It was leant to us by its current owner so that we could scan it and put it online. From our notes to the printed version: Greatly detailed strip map over twenty feet long showing the surveyed routes of the New York and New Haven Railroad. The line was opened in 1849. The map is unique for a railroad map in its huge size, large scale, elegance of drawing, and variety of information shown (houses, trails, rivers, turnpikes, lighthouses, harbors, hills, swamps, etc.). Anderson, P. Map Exhibiting The ... ... 1845 Separate Map   Author Anderson, P. Note Greatly detailed strip map over ten feet long showing the surveyed routes of the New York and New Haven Railroad. The line was opened in 1849. The map is unique for a railroad map in its huge size, large scale, elegance of drawing, and variety of information shown (houses, trails, rivers, turnpikes, lighthouses, harbors, hills, swamps, etc.). 1-2 of 2

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