City of Washington Statistical Map No. 10: Street Railways – Antique Map Print
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Few images capture their era like this antique map of City of Washington Statistical Map No. 10: Street Railways. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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City of Washington Statistical Map No. 10: Street Railways
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Plate No. 10 in this city series turns the street railway network into a map, so the lines, routes, and their relation to the city's grid are the subject rather than the streets themselves. Washington's streetcars began as horse-drawn lines in the 1860s and later moved to cable and electric power, which changed how far residents could live from their jobs and fueled the growth of outlying neighborhoods. Statistical maps like this one were meant to show a city's infrastructure at a glance, so the lines are worth reading as evidence of where the city was expanding and where transit was concentrated.
| Original scan | 7,752 × 5,508 px · prints to 26 × 18 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | cs000011 |
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