Rapid Transit Commission, plan showing congested district, city of Boston, March 1892

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57098652

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Title

Rapid Transit Commission, plan showing congested district, city of Boston, March 1892

Collection

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

Names

Massachusetts. Rapid Transit Commission (Publisher)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1892 (Inferred)
Place: Boston, Mass.
Publisher: Rapid Transit Commission?

Library Location

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 16-5340

Subjects

Railroads -- Massachusetts -- Boston
Boston (Mass.)
Boston (Mass.) -- Administrative and political divisions

Genres

Maps

Notes

Content: Map also shows city wards, streets, railroads, selected buildings, and radial distances from City Hall.
Content: Relief shown by hachures.
Content: Oriented with north toward the upper right.
Content: "Plate VII" -- top right margin.
Citation/Reference: Extracted from: Massachusetts, Rapid Transit Commission, report, April 5, 1892.
Funding: Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018)

Physical Description

Extent: 1 map : color ; 33 x 38 cm, on sheet 37 x 42 cm

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 960944827
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20645167
Other local Identifier: US101.4.03
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): f297a750-79fc-0134-a5bc-00505686a51c

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Type Of Resource

Cartographic

Date Issued

1892

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Rapid Transit Commission, plan showing congested district, city of Boston, March 1892" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1892. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f297a750-79fc-0134-a5bc-00505686a51c

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1892). Rapid Transit Commission, plan showing congested district, city of Boston, March 1892 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f297a750-79fc-0134-a5bc-00505686a51c

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Rapid Transit Commission, plan showing congested district, city of Boston, March 1892" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 16, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f297a750-79fc-0134-a5bc-00505686a51c

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