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New York Central Railroad

Description: Map shows New York Railroad Company lines, leased lines, and nine (9) allied lines. Four inset maps show: New York City and Vicinity; Chicago and Vicinity; Boston and Vicinity; Buffalo, Niagara Falls and Vicinity. Map shows current lines and lines under construction. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1921
Call number: 492466
Creator: New York Central Railroad Company(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of John Haskell Kemble.
Dimensions: 52 x 91 cm
Associated people: Kemble, John Haskell, (1912-1990,)
Associated organization: Matthews-Northrup Company,
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The Michigan Central Railroad

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Shows lines of the Michigan Central Railroad, leased roads and allied lines. "Trackage rights in dotted color". Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography.

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New York Central & Hudson River Railroad

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Submaps: New York City and Vicinity; Buffalo, Niagara Falls and Vicinity; Boston and Vicinity; Chicago and Vicinity. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography.

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Pictorial New York

Visual Materials

Image of a New York State cadastral map published in 1855. The colorful map denotes towns and cities in pink, blue, green, and yellow, with counties outlined in red. The print includes three inset views. One is located beneath the decorative title and is labeled, “View of Niagara Falls from the Canada Side.” There are also two views of New York City, one is located near the lower center of the map and is titled, “Birds-Eye View of New York,” and the third view is towards the bottom center of the page and is titled, “New York from Union Square.” Other insets include the State Seal of New York, and four portraits of Robert Fulton, Philip Schuyler, Peter Stuyvesant and De Witt Clinton. In the lower left and right corners are large inset maps of Buffalo and New York City. Text on the print includes statistical and historical information on rights of married women, the New York population, production of agriculture, religious denominations, government information, and more. The print is framed with a floral decorative border.

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Map of New York, Chicago & St. Louis R. R

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Maps shows the railroad's lines between Chicago, Buffalo, N.Y. and Cincinnati and surrounding areas. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography.

492459

Sketch of Niagara River. [cartographic material]

Manuscripts

Manuscript map, showing the course of the Niagara river from Buffalo to Fort Niagara. Also shows the tributaries, canals, roads and neighboring settlements. Colored. Accompanied by two printed maps on one sheet: 'Niagara Strait and vicinity by Joseph W. Ingraham, 1836' and 'Niagara Falls and vicinity by James W. Ingraham, Boston'. The maps are each 14 x 9 cm and printed side by side on a sheet 17 x 20 cm. Text above maps reads: "Reduced from the large maps in Ingraham's 'Description of Niagara' for his 'Manual for the use of visitors to the falls.'" The Niagara Strait and vicinity map appears to be the basis for this manuscript map.

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Missouri-Kansas-Texas lines

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Map shows lines "owned and leased to other carriers" and "operated under trackage rights". Rail lines shown in red. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography.

492477

New York Central Railroad

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