Research Catalog

Title

Plan showing the proposed entrance into Boston of the Fitchburg Rail Road.

Publication

• [Boston, Mass.?] : [Fitchburg Rail Road?], [between 1840 and 1845]
• [Boston, Mass.?] Lith. of E.W. Bouvé, [between 1840 and 1845]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Bouvé, Elisha W.
• Fitchburg Railroad, publisher.

Description

1 map; 41 x 71 cm, on sheet 45 x 75 cm

Summary

Street map of part of Boston showing the railroad yards and the passenger depot. Chartered on Mar. 3, 1842.

Alternative Title

Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US098.3.05

Subject

• Fitchburg Railroad > Maps
• Fitchburg Railroad
• Railroads > Massachusetts > Boston > Maps
• Railroads
• Massachusetts > Boston

Genre/Form

Maps.

Note

• At the upper right of the plan is the "Proposed Plan of Depot of Granite. Front View on Causeway Street."
• Description derived from published bibliography.

Indexed In (note)

• LC Railroad maps
• New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division

Call Number

Map Div. 16-5274

LCCN

98688657

OCLC

43590042

Title

Plan showing the proposed entrance into Boston of the Fitchburg Rail Road.

Publisher

[Boston, Mass.?] : [Fitchburg Rail Road?], [between 1840 and 1845]

[Boston, Mass.?] Lith. of E.W. Bouvé, [between 1840 and 1845]

Cartographic Data

Scale 1:24,000. 200 feet to an inch (W 71°04ʹ30ʺ--W 71°03ʹ17ʺ/N 42°22ʹ22ʺ--N 42°21ʹ53ʺ).

Type of Content

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Indexed In:

LC Railroad maps, 406

New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v. 2, page 10, column 1, no. 2

Source

US098.3.05

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Library of Congress copy image

Place of Publication

United States Massachusetts Boston.

Added Author

Bouvé, Elisha W., lithographer.

Fitchburg Railroad, publisher.

Research Call Number

Map Div. 16-5274 [Filed with boston, 1860-1862]