Research Catalog

Title

Railway map of Philadelphia : to accompany Westcott's guide book to Philadelphia.

Author

Porter & Coates.

Publication

• [Philadelphia] : Porter & Coates, [1875?]
• Phila. : Thos. Hunter, lith.
• ©1875

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Details

Additional Authors

• Westcott, Thompson.
• Hunter, Thomas, approximately 1828-approximately 1894

Description

1 map : color; 58 x 63 cm

Alternative Title

Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US213.1.04

Subjects

• Street-railroads
• Railroads
• Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) > Maps
• Maps
• Philadelphia (Pa.) > Maps
• Pennsylvania > Philadelphia
• Centennial Exhibition
• Street-railroads > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Maps
• Railroads > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Maps

Genre/Form

Maps.

Note

• Shows railroads and street car lines, and outlines the grounds of Philadelphia's Centennial Exhibition of 1876.
• Includes legend with "symbols representing the various street car lines" and index of prominent buildings and railroad depots.

Indexed In (note)

• New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division

Call Number

Map Div. 17-5216

OCLC

816523594

Author

Porter & Coates.

Title

Railway map of Philadelphia : to accompany Westcott's guide book to Philadelphia.

Publisher

[Philadelphia] : Porter & Coates, [1875?]

Manufacturer

Phila. : Thos. Hunter, lith.

Copyright Date

©1875

Cartographic Data

Scale approximately 1:16,700 (W 75°14ʹ09ʺ--W 75°06ʹ35ʺ/N 40°00ʹ20ʺ--N 39°54ʹ21ʺ).

Type of Content

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Indexed In:

New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v. 7, page 697, column a, no. 5

Source

US213.1.04

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Place of Publication

United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.

Added Author

From: Westcott, Thompson. Official guide book to Philadephia.

Hunter, Thomas, approximately 1828-approximately 1894, lithographer.

Research Call Number

Map Div. 17-5216