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Map Colton's new railroad map of the United States & Canada.

About this Item

Title

  • Colton's new railroad map of the United States & Canada.

Summary

  • Shows drainage, cities and towns, and railroads distinguished by color.

Names

  • G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co.

Created / Published

  • New York, 1876, c1871.

Headings

  • -  Railroads--United States--Maps
  • -  United States

Notes

  • -  Scale ca. 1:7,500,000.
  • -  LC Railroad maps, 58
  • -  Description derived from published bibliography.
  • -  Insets: Map of the railroads of New England and eastern N. York. c1861 by J. H. Goldthwait. 24 x 18 cm.--Map of the great rail road routes from the middle Atlantic ports to the Mississippi River. c1861 by J. H. Goldthwait. 22 x 43 cm.--The World on a polar projection. c1861. 20 x 20 cm.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Medium

  • col. map 76 x 91 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3701.P3 1876 .G17

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 98688340

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. Colton's new railroad map of the United States & Canada. New York, 1876, 1876. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/98688340/.

APA citation style:

G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. (1876) Colton's new railroad map of the United States & Canada. New York, 1876. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/98688340/.

MLA citation style:

G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. Colton's new railroad map of the United States & Canada. New York, 1876, 1876. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/98688340/>.