Rock Island, Illinois, 1869 – Historic Map Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare antique map captures Rock Island, Illinois, 1869 in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: Bird's eye view of the city of Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois 1869
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Rock Island, Illinois, 1869
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Rock Island, Illinois, in 1869 was a river town of the upper Mississippi, set on the island and the Illinois shore opposite Davenport, Iowa. The Rock Island Arsenal, established on the island in 1862 during the Civil War, gave the town a federal presence that shaped its work and payroll for decades. Rail lines had reached the riverfront by the 1850s, and the bridge that carried trains across the Mississippi made the town a crossing point between the Illinois and Iowa railroads and river traffic. Across the water, Moline's farm-implement works, including John Deere's company, drew workers and goods through the same corridor, so people in Rock Island would have known their town as a place where river trade, rail freight, and military industry met.
| Created / published | 1869 |
|---|---|
| Creator | ruger & stoner, ruger, a., chicago lithographing co |
| Notes | Bird's-eye view map. |
| Subjects | Panoramic maps--Illinois |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 8,624 × 6,784 px · prints to 29 × 23 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Bird's eye view of the city of Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois 1869 |
| Reference | IL-RockIsland-1869 |
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