Port of Portland | GeoData

Title: Port of Portland: Location of Wharves 1912

Raster data
1912

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Port of Portland

Summary: Map showing wharves along Portland's Willamette River issued by Port of Portland in February 1912.

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Title: Portland, Oregon, 1921 (Raster Image)

Raster data
2009

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Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Industrial map, Portland, Oregon : showing location of port facilities and principal industries with rail connections, compiled and distributed by the Commission of Public Docks. It was published by The Commission of Public Docks in 1921. Scale [ca. 1:21,000]. Covers also a portion of Vancouver, Washington. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Oregon North State Plane NAD 1983 (in Feet) (Fipszone 3601). All map collar and inset information is also available as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, index maps, legends, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows features such as roads, drainage, selected buildings, Commission of Public Docks properties, private shipyards and dry docks, lumber mills, railroads and street car lines, as well as shipyards and railways of Vancouver, Washington. Includes index and inset: Key map, Portland to the sea, showing ship channel, Columbia & Willamette Rivers. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from The Harvard Map Collection as part of the Imaging the Urban Environment project. Maps selected for this project represent major urban areas and cities of the world, at various time periods. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features at a large scale. The selection represents a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and purposes.

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Title: Portland & Rochester Railroad, New England, 1860 (Raster Image)

Raster data
2007

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Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Map showing the Portland & Rochester railroad and its connections, prepared by G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. It was published in 1860. Scale [ca. 1:900,000]. Covers Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and portions of New York, Maine, and the provinces of Quebec and New Brunswick, Canada.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the USA Contiguous Albers Equal Area Conic projection (Meters). All map collar and inset information is also available as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows features such as railraods, principal and proposed railroad connections, drainage, state, county, and town boundaries, and more. Relief shown by hachures. Includes table of distances and inset: [Northeastern United States]. Scale [ca. 1:7,600,000].This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps of New England from the Harvard Map Collection. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features. The selection represents a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and purposes.

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Title: PATH railroads, New Jersey 1995 verso

Not specified
1995

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Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corporation

Summary: Verso of illustrated map of the PATH railroads lines in New Jersey and New York City. This side shows schedule and rates.

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Title: PATH railroads, New Jersey 1995 map

Not specified
1995

Contributors:

Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corporation

Summary: Illustrated map of the PATH and New Jersey Transit railroad lines in New Jersey and New York City from the vantage point of the World Trade Center in New York City. Distances of 15, 35 and 50 mile increments from the WTC are noted. Map also includes major streets of Manhattan in New York, and Bayonne, Hoboken, Jersey City and Union City in New Jersey.

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Title: Whitney's map of Portland and environs

Not specified
1889

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Summary: Shows additions, lot numbers, street names, and railroads. Inset: Map showing relation of Oregon City & Vancouver to Portland. "Prepared for Borthwick, Batty & Co., dealers in real estate and loans." City boundary highlighted with red overprint. Map has public land (township, range, and section) grid. Map carries the logo of the Union Pacific Railroad. Includes financial statistics for Portland in the lower right corner. 89 x 61 centimeters

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Title: Whitney's map of Portland and environs

Not specified
1889

Contributors:

Real Estate Title and Trust Co. (Portland, Or.)

Summary: Shows additions, lot numbers, street names, and railroads.; Inset: Map showing relation of Oregon City & Vancouver to Portland.; "Prepared for Borthwick, Batty & Co., dealers in real estate and loans."; City boundary highlighted with red overprint.; Map has public land (township, range, and section) grid.; Map carries the logo of the Union Pacific Railroad.; Includes financial statistics for Portland in the lower right corner. 89 x 61 centimeters

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Title: Lake Superior International Highway, Minnesota

Tourist maps
1920

Contributors:

Fort William, Canada Civic Tourist Bureau; Port Arthur, Canada Chamber of Commerce

Summary: This circa 1920s map of the Lake Superior International Highway between Duluth, Minnesota, United States, and Port Arthur and Fort William, Ontario, Canada, provides brief descriptions of towns and geographic features along the route, including Two Harbors, Silver Creek Cliff, Lutsen, Grand Marais, and Kakabeka Falls. The map includes photographs of sites such as Split Rock Lighthouse, Cross River, Arrowhead River, the Port Arthur Hotel, and Mt. McKay.

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