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Map showing the lines of the elevated railroads on Manhattan Island
- Title
- Map showing the lines of the elevated railroads on Manhattan Island [cartographic material] / prepared by Gaylord Watson.
- Author
- Watson, Gaylord
- Publication
- New York : John Beatson, [1877?]
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| Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building M1A to submit a request in person. | North sheet | Cartographic | Supervised use | Map Div. 15-668 North sheet | Schwarzman Building M1A - Map Division Room 117 |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building M1A to submit a request in person. | South sheet | Cartographic | Supervised use | Map Div. 15-668 South sheet | Schwarzman Building M1A - Map Division Room 117 |
Details
- Description
- 1 map on 2 sheets : col.; 106 x 38 cm, on sheet 137 x 44 cm
- Subjects
- Piers > New York (State) > New York > Maps
- Maps
- New York Elevated Railroad Company, Associated name
- Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) > Administrative and political divisions > Maps
- Ferries > New York (State) > New York > Maps
- Railroads, Elevated > New York (State) > New York > Maps
- New York (N.Y.) > Maps
- Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) > Maps
- Local transit > New York (State) > New York > Maps
- Gilbert Elevated Railway Company, Associated name
- Genre/Form
- Maps.
- Note
- Covers Manhattan south of Fort George Avenue, near 193rd Street in New York (N.Y.)
- Shows elevated railroads: New York Elevated Railroad and Gilbert Eleveated Railroad indicated in red and blue ink, respectively.
- Also shows wards, railroads, piers, ferry lines, and 1-mile radial distances from City Hall.
- Date certainly between 1872 and 1879, the period during which the Gilbert Elevated Railway Company was active--cf. Encycl. of New York. NY: Yale, 1995, p. 370. Date possibly 1877--from annotation.
- Includes insurance company advertisements in upper and lower margins.
- Call Number
- Map Div. 15-668
- OCLC
- 58759158
- Author
- Watson, Gaylord, Cartographer.
- Title
- Map showing the lines of the elevated railroads on Manhattan Island [cartographic material] / prepared by Gaylord Watson.
- Imprint
- New York : John Beatson, [1877?]
- Cartographic Data
- Scale [ca. 1:14,000] (W 74°01ʹ--W 73°55ʹ/N 40°52ʹ--N 40°42ʹ).
- Type of Content
- cartographic image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- sheet
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- Research Call Number
- Map Div. 15-668