Format Map
Contributors Colton, J. H.
Dates 1853
Location Middle West
United States
Language English
Subjects Middle West
Railroads
United States
Title
Colton's railroad & township map, western states compiled from the United States surveys.
Contributor Names
Colton, J. H.
Created Published
New York, 1853.
Subject Headings
-  Railroads--United States
-  United States--Middle West.
Notes
-  Scale ca. 1:1,530,000.
-  Prime meridian: Washington.
-  Relief shown by hachures.
-  LC also has 1852, 1855, and 1857 editions.
-  1857 Edition Differs from the Other Maps in Title Location. Lacks "Cincinnati. O." Under Small View of the City. the Map Coverage Has Been Shifted West By One Degree of Longitude. "J.P. Cox Sc." Appears Under the Date in the Title.
-  LC Railroad maps, 147a
-  Detailed map of the north-central states framed in decorative borders indicating drainage, state, county, and township boundaries, cities and towns, canals, roads, railroads, and proposed railroads. [From published bibliography]
-  Includes illus.
-  LC copy signed in ink on verso: Millard Fillmore March 1853 DLC
-  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Medium
Col. Map 86 X 113 Cm. Fold. to 16 X 9 Cm.
Call Number/Physical Location
G4061.P3 1853 .C6
Repository
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu
Digital Id
G4061P Rr00147A Http://Hdl.Loc.Gov/Loc.Gmd/G4061P.Rr00147A
Library of Congress Catalog Number
Gm71000832
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