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Railroad, canal, iron and coal map of Pennsylvania, &c. showing the relative position of the various anthracite and bituminous coal fields, the railroads, canals and navigable waters by which they are connected forming their respective avenues to market, also the furnaces, rolling mills, bloomeries and forges of Pennsylvania and adjoining states : for the Auditor Genls. report on the rail r. & canals of Penna. for 1868

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Railroad, canal, iron and coal map of Pennsylvania, &c. showing the relative position of the various anthracite and bituminous coal fields, the railroads, canals and navigable waters by which they are connected forming their respective avenues to market, also the furnaces, rolling mills, bloomeries and forges of Pennsylvania and adjoining states : for the Auditor Genls. report on the rail r. & canals of Penna. for 1868

Collection

Maps of North America
Countries
United States (except New York)
States
Pennsylvania
Whole

Names

Sheafer, P. W. (Peter Wenrick), 1819- (Creator)
Haehnlen, Jacob, 1824- (Printer)
Pennsylvania. Office of the Auditor General (Publisher)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1869 (Inferred)
Place: Harrisburg, Pa.?
Publisher: Office of the Auditor General?

Library Location

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 17-5124

Subjects

Railroads -- Pennsylvania
Canals -- Pennsylvania
Iron industry and trade -- Pennsylvania
Coal -- Pennsylvania
Oil fields -- Pennsylvania
Canals
Coal
Iron industry and trade
Railroads
Pennsylvania

Genres

Maps

Notes

Statement Of Responsibility: by P.W. Sheafer, geologist & engineer, Pottsville, Pa., March, 1869.
Content: Also shows oil regions.
Content: Prime meridian: Washington.
Statement Of Responsibility: "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1867 by P.W. Sheafer in Clerks Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania."
Funding: Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018)

Physical Description

Extent: 1 map : hand colored ; 75 x 106 cm

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 55714077
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20646162
Folder number: US198.2.01
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 5ba4dfe0-c0a3-0134-8f22-00505686a51c

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Type Of Resource

Cartographic

Date Issued

1869

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Railroad, canal, iron and coal map of Pennsylvania, &c. showing the relative position of the various anthracite and bituminous coal fields, the railroads, canals and navigable waters by which they are connected forming their respective avenues to market, also the furnaces, rolling mills, bloomeries and forges of Pennsylvania and adjoining states : for the Auditor Genls. report on the rail r. & canals of Penna. for 1868" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1869. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5ba4dfe0-c0a3-0134-8f22-00505686a51c

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1869). Railroad, canal, iron and coal map of Pennsylvania, &c. showing the relative position of the various anthracite and bituminous coal fields, the railroads, canals and navigable waters by which they are connected forming their respective avenues to market, also the furnaces, rolling mills, bloomeries and forges of Pennsylvania and adjoining states : for the Auditor Genls. report on the rail r. & canals of Penna. for 1868 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5ba4dfe0-c0a3-0134-8f22-00505686a51c

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Railroad, canal, iron and coal map of Pennsylvania, &c. showing the relative position of the various anthracite and bituminous coal fields, the railroads, canals and navigable waters by which they are connected forming their respective avenues to market, also the furnaces, rolling mills, bloomeries and forges of Pennsylvania and adjoining states : for the Auditor Genls. report on the rail r. & canals of Penna. for 1868" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 17, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5ba4dfe0-c0a3-0134-8f22-00505686a51c

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<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5ba4dfe0-c0a3-0134-8f22-00505686a51c | title= (cartographic) Railroad, canal, iron and coal map of Pennsylvania, &c. showing the relative position of the various anthracite and bituminous coal fields, the railroads, canals and navigable waters by which they are connected forming their respective avenues to market, also the furnaces, rolling mills, bloomeries and forges of Pennsylvania and adjoining states : for the Auditor Genls. report on the rail r. & canals of Penna. for 1868 (1869) | author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library | accessdate=December 17, 2025 | publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>