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

Maps of North America

Countries

United States (except New York)

States

Pennsylvania

Whole

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1869 (Inferred)
Place: Harrisburg, Pa.?
Publisher: Office of the Auditor General?
Library locations
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 17-5124
Topics
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
Type of Resource
Cartographic
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 55714077
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20646162
Folder number: US198.2.01
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 5ba4dfe0-c0a3-0134-8f22-00505686a51c
Rights Statement
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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." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1869. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7e8bc040-c0a3-0134-d137-00505686a51c

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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." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 30, 2023. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7e8bc040-c0a3-0134-d137-00505686a51c

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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. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7e8bc040-c0a3-0134-d137-00505686a51c

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Railroad, canal, iron and coal map of Pennsylvania, &c.