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Plan of Topolobampo Harbor and vicinage / by A. K. Owen, C.E

Description: An attempt to plot the shortest railroad route to be used by shipping from England to Japan (Norfolk VA, Austin TX, Topolobampo, Mexico). This is the west coast terminal end of the map. See also 438372 and 438376. Vignettes: Farallon of St. Ignacio, Topoloblampo Highlands. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1882
Call number: 438375
Creator: Owen, Albert Kimsey(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: 45 x 51 cm
Associated people: Motz, Albert von.
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Austin - Topolobampo Pacific / A. K. Owen, C.E. Projector

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Main title at head of page, alternate title at bottom right of map. An attempt to plot the shortest railroad route to be used by shipping from England to Japan (Norfolk VA, Austin TX, Topolobampo, Mexico) Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography.

438372

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Plan of Pacific City, Sinaloa-Mexico / by A. K. Owen, C.E. 1889

Rare Books

A grand plan for the terminal city of this line. MS notes showing coloration scheme. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: color. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography.

438486

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Scrapbooks of news clippings including ones by Owen and about the Topolobampo Colony, ephemera, and later correspondence and notes of George Renner concerning disposition of the Owen papers

Manuscripts

This collection consists of papers related to Albert Kimsey Owen, the rise and fall of the Topolobampo utopian colony in Sinaloa, Mexico (1886-ca. 1903), railroad development, and Owen's survival of the wreck of the Vera Cruz in 1880. The collection also includes a diary, newspaper clipping scrapbooks, and notebooks of Owen. There are also some later notes and correspondence of Professor George Renner related to the disposition and custody of Owen's papers in the 1940s-1950s.

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A-Owen (Diaz)

Manuscripts

The collection consists of documents and letters (mainly contemporary copies, some of which are in Spanish) related to Albert Kimsey Owen, the rise and fall of the Topolobampo utopian colony in Sinaloa, Mexico (from 1886 to approximately 1903), and railroad development in Mexico under the regime of Porfirio Díaz.

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Owen (to Doyle)-W and miscellaneous

Manuscripts

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Albert Kimsey Owen Papers

Manuscripts

mssOwen

Plan of Topolobampo Harbor and vicinage / by A. K. Owen, C.E

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