City of Washington, Statistical Map No. 5, showing the location of Gas Lamps – Vintage Map Wall Art
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This rare antique map captures City of Washington, Statistical Map No. 5, showing the location of Gas Lamps in remarkable detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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City of Washington, Statistical Map No. 5, showing the location of Gas Lamps
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This map is distinctive for its focus: rather than showing streets or property lines alone, it marks where the city's gas street lamps stood. Gas lighting arrived in Washington in the mid-nineteenth century, when the Washington Gas Light Company began supplying the capital, and lamps spread outward from the most visited avenues. Thematic maps like this one let officials see at a glance which neighborhoods were lit and which were still dark. Its dots and symbols are worth examining for what they reveal about the uneven pace of urban improvement in the growing capital.
| Original scan | 7,684 × 5,532 px · prints to 26 × 18 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | cs000006 |
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