Map of the Railroads Near Boston Referred to by the Petitioners for the Chelsea Railroad
notes: label: Description
content: This mid-19th century map displays railroad lines running from Boston into New Hampshire and Maine referred to as the Chelsea Railroad. Chelsea is a northern suburb of Boston, Massachusetts that was incorporated as a city in 1857. Though the map is not dated, its title referencing the Petitioners for the Chelsea Railroad alludes to a desire for such a railroad. As the city and other Boston suburbs grew, citizens advocated for stronger railroad infrastructure stretching into their suburbs and to other areas of the New England region.
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: 1981.0748.02
label: accession number
content: 1981.0748
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0748.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Map
label: Other Terms
content: Map; Lithograph
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 17 in x 22 3/8 in; 43.18 cm x 56.8325 cm