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Title: G. Woolworth Colton's railroad, township & distance map of New England : with adjacent portions of New York, Canada & New Brunswick

Dates

• Issued: 1882
• Coverage: 1882
• Coverage: 1882 to 1882

Publishers

• G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co (New York), 1860

Summary

Includes railroad lines (e.g., in Massachusetts) constructed or incorporated in the 1870's.; "Entered ... in the year 1860, by G. Woolworth Colton."; Prime meridians: Greenwich (top), Washington (bottom).; Relief shown by hachures.; Map framed within 3-cm. ornate vine-and-leaf border.; Includes "Table of distances by shortest railroad route, from principal towns to New York, Hartford, Providence, Boston, Montpelier, Concord, and Augusta."; Inset: The eastern portion of Massachusetts on an enlarged scale.

90 x 63 centimeters

Scale 1:900,000; 1 in to 14.2 miles.

General Map Collection

Subjects

• Railroads
• Maps

Geospatial coordinates

• Bounding Box: BBOX (-74.333,-67.000,47.667,40.500)

Provider

University of Minnesota

Rights

• Access rights: Public
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Citation

Colton, G. Woolworth (George Woolworth), 1827-1901. G. Woolworth Colton's railroad, township & distance map of New England : with adjacent portions of New York, Canada & New Brunswick. G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co (New York), 1860. https://umedia.lib.umn.edu/item/p16022coll230:1317

Format

JPEG

Languages

• eng