Map of the Rail Roads of the State of New York, 1870 – Vintage Map Wall Art
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A window into the past: Map of the Rail Roads of the State of New York, 1870, preserved in this antique map. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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Map of the Rail Roads of the State of New York, 1870
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A county-by-county railroad map of New York State from 1870 shows the network at a moment of rapid expansion, when the state's lines were knitting together farm towns, lake ports and the Hudson valley into a single system. Maps like this were often issued by railroad companies and commercial publishers to help travelers plan connections and to advertise routes that were competing hard for passengers and freight. Note how the lines converge on New York City and the Erie Canal corridor, which had long been the state's main commercial artery and was now sharing that role with the rails. Dense clusters of track around Buffalo, Albany and Rochester reflect where the most ambitious building had happened.
| Created / published | 1870 |
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| Original scan | 3,000 × 2,370 px · prints to 10 × 8 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | NY Map of the rail roads of the state of New York. 1870 |
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