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Map Great Western Railway of Canada. Great Western Railway Company (Canada), 1881

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Full Title: Map of the Great Western Railway of Canada and its connecting lines. Rand, McNally & Co., Engravers, Chicago. (1881)

Author: Great Western Railway Company (Canada)

Date: 1881

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Author: Great Western Railway Company (Canada)

Date: 1881

Short Title: Map Great Western Railway of Canada.

Publisher: Chicago: Rand McNally

Type: Timetable Map

Object Height cm: 33

Object Width cm: 69

Scale 1: 7,501,800

Note: Relief shown by hachures. Covers most of the U.S. and parts of southern Ontario and Quebec, and northern Mexico.

Country: United States ; Canada

Subject: Railroad

Full Title: Map of the Great Western Railway of Canada and its connecting lines. Rand, McNally & Co., Engravers, Chicago. (1881)

List No: 5272.001

Series No: 3

Engraver or Printer: Rand McNally and Company

Published In: Great Western Railway. Via Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge or Buffalo to the West! Great central route.-Aug. 15, 1881 ... Commercial Advertiser Print, Buffalo, N.Y. (map on verso) Map of the Great Western Railway of Canada and its connecting lines. Rand, McNally & Co., Engravers, Chicago.

Publication Author: Great Western Railway Company (Canada)

Publication Date: 1881

Publication Note: Folded into self wrappers 18 x 9, printed without color.

Publication List No: 5272.000

Publication Type: Timetable Map

Publication Maps: 1

Publication Height cm: 33

Publication Width cm: 69

Image No: 5272001

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