Detail View: David Rumsey Historical Map Collection: Plan of a survey for the proposed Boston and Providence rail way

Author: 
Hayward, James
Date: 
1828
Short Title: 
Plan of a survey for the proposed Boston and Providence rail way
Publisher: 
Board of Commissioners
Publisher Location: 
Boston: Mass.
Type: 
Book Map
Obj Height cm: 
19
Obj Width cm: 
106
Scale 1: 
63,360
Note: 
Map is uncolored. Shows 2 possible routes between Boston and Providence. Relief shown by hachures.
Reference: 
Modelski US-348; Modelski NA-1; Sabin 6768 p.332.
State/Province: 
Massachusetts
State/Province: 
Rhode Island
Subject: 
Railroad
Full Title: 
Plan of a survey for the proposed Boston and Providence rail way. By James Hayward. Jan. 1828. (engraved by) Annin & Smith. (to accompany) Report of the Board of Commissioners, of Internal Improvement in Relation to the Examination of Sundry Routes for a Railway from Boston to Providence.
List No: 
0324.006
Series No: 
6
Engraver or Printer: 
Annin & Smith
Publication Author: 
Hayward, James
Pub Date: 
1828
Pub Title: 
Report of the Board of Commissioners, of Internal Improvement in Relation to the Examination of Sundry Routes for a Railway from Boston to Providence. With a Memoir of the Survey. Senate No. 4. Boston: Dutton & Wentworth...Printers to the State ... 1828. (with) Plan of A Survey For the Proposed Boston and Providence Rail-Way. by James Hayward. Jan. 1828. Annin & Smith.
Pub Reference: 
Modelski US-348; Modelski NA-1; Sabin 6768 p.332.
Pub Note: 
Earliest RR map in LOC collection. Sabin provides report publication data. Map is uncolored and measures 19x106 at a scale of 1:63,360 (1 inch=1 mile).
Pub List No: 
0324.000
Pub Type: 
Gov't Report Book
Pub Height cm: 
25
Pub Width cm: 
16
Image No: 
0324006
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Authors: 
Hayward, James