Conneaut, Ohio, 1896 – Antique Map Print
(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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Conneaut, Ohio, 1896 comes to life in this antique map, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: Conneaut, Ohio 1896
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Conneaut, Ohio, 1896
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Conneaut, a Lake Erie port in Ashtabula County near the Pennsylvania line, was in 1896 a town shaped by water and rail. Its harbor at the mouth of Conneaut Creek handled ore, coal and grain moving between the lake and the iron and steel works of the Mahoning and Shenango valleys. Railroad lines along the shore carried freight and passengers through the town, so dock work and rail work supplied many local jobs, and shops and boarding houses depended on both. Residents would have known Conneaut as a lake port and railroad stop, a place where the arrival and departure of boats and trains governed much of daily life.
| Created / published | 1896 |
|---|---|
| Creator | moyer, james b., fowler, t. m. (thaddeus mortimer) |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Conneaut, Ohio, drawn in 1896. Bird's-eye view maps were drawn by travelling artists who walked a town street by street, sketching every building from an imagined vantage point in the air, then sold the finished lithograph door to door by subscription. Roughly five thousand American towns were recorded this way between the 1860s and the 1920s, and for many of them the panoramic map is the most complete picture of the place that survives. Reproduced from the original in the Library of Congress collections. Printed to order on archival paper. Free shipping on all US orders. |
| Subjects | Panoramic maps--Ohio |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 9,216 × 6,384 px · prints to 31 × 21 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Conneaut, Ohio 1896 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-490271 |
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