Route of the Western RR West of Connecticut River, 1837
date: label: date made
content: 1837
notes: label: Description
content: This 1837 map, titled “Route of the Western Railroad West of the Connecticut River,” was lithographed by T. Moore of Boston, Massachusetts. The map depicts the route of the Connecticut Western Railroad company’s lines to the west of the Connecticut River, stretching into Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New York. Notably, these lines depict a rail connection between the commercial hubs of Albany and Boston, demonstrating the necessity of expanded rail connectivity in the industrialization and economic growth of the northeast United States.
label: Description
content: This map was donated by Howard F. Greene (1903-1983), former president of the Railway and Locomotive Historical Society of Harvard Business School. He was a life-long collector of railroadiana (materials related to railroads and railroad history), a majority of which related to the East Coast and New England more specifically.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Civil Engineering
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Howard F. Greene
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1981.0748.04
label: accession number
content: 1981.0748
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0748.04
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Map
label: Other Terms
content: Map; Lithograph
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 20 3/8 in x 27 1/2 in; 51.7525 cm x 69.85 cm