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Map of the City & County of New York showing routes & stations of the elevated railroads

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5056743


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Title

Map of the City & County of New York showing routes & stations of the elevated railroads

Collection

Maps of New York City and State
New York City
Manhattan

Names

G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. (Publisher)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1886
Place: New York, N.Y.
Publisher: G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co.

Library Location

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 15-709

Subjects

Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)
Bronx (New York, N.Y.)
New York (N.Y.)
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) -- Administrative and political divisions
Railroads -- New York (State) -- New York (N.Y.)
Railroads, Elevated -- New York (State) -- New York (N.Y.)
Piers -- New York (State) -- New York (N.Y.)
Local transit -- New York (State) -- New York (N.Y.)

Genres

Maps

Notes

Statement Of Responsibility: compiled, printed and published by G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co.
Content: Scale approximately 1:15,840. (W 74°01ʹ21ʺ--W 73°51ʹ29ʺ/N 40°54ʹ36ʺ--N 40°41ʹ59ʺ)
Content: Oriented with north to the right of sheet.
Content: Shows railway lines and stops. Also shows wards, piers and ferry lines.
Content: Covers Manhattan and the Bronx.
Content: Includes key to "Metropolitan Structure," "New York Structure" and "Joint Structure."
Statement Of Responsibility: "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1885 by G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington."

Physical Description

Extent: 1 map on 2 sheets : color ; 54 x 150 cm

Identifiers

Barcode: 33433087459685
Barcode: 33433098145356
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20614906
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 91f38ee0-f092-0130-59c2-58d385a7b928

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Cartographic

Date Issued

1886

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MLA format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Map of the City & County of New York showing routes & stations of the elevated railroads" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1886. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/91f38ee0-f092-0130-59c2-58d385a7b928

APA format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1886). Map of the City & County of New York showing routes & stations of the elevated railroads Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/91f38ee0-f092-0130-59c2-58d385a7b928

Chicago/Turabian Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Map of the City & County of New York showing routes & stations of the elevated railroads" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 14, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/91f38ee0-f092-0130-59c2-58d385a7b928

Wikipedia citation

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