Record Details
Map of the Union Pacific Railroad and its connections, (1868)
Washington State University Libraries
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Map of the Union Pacific Railroad and its connections, (1868) |
| Identifier | http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu179 WSU 179; HE2791 .U55 P76 1868a http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/maps,347 |
| Creator | Union Pacific Railroad Company. |
| Date | 1868 2000 - 2002 |
| Publisher | New York : Ferd. Mayer & Co. Lithog. |
| Description | 1 map; 14 x 23 cm. The first railroad to stretch across the United States, the Union Pacific Railroad, was completed in just four years--from 1865 to 1869. This map was in fact printed one year before the completion of the road. Linking up with the Central Pacific, the transcontinental railroad ran from Omaha, Nebraska to Sacramento, California, some 1,700 miles of track. The laborers of the Union Pacific worked at a staggering pace in all kinds of weather and dangerous conditions. Still,... |
| Subject | Union Pacific Railroad Company; Railroads--Maps; Central Pacific Railroad Company; Durant, Thomas C.; Dodge, Grenville; Oregon Short Line; Oregon-Washington Railway and Navigation Company; Promontory Summit (Utah); Washington Territory |
| Type | Maps |
| Coverage | United States |
| Rights | Contact Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, for copyright information 509 335-6691 |
| Format | Original maps were scanned in color at 600 dpi on a Microtek 9600XL scanner and saved as TIFF files. The TIFF files were converted into the MrSID format at a compression ratio of 12 to 1 using LizardTech's Geospatial Encoder 1.4 software. These MrSid files were then uploaded into the CONTENTdm database at the Washington State University Libraries. image/jpeg |
| Contributor | Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections |
| Language | English |
| Relation | Is part of Progress of the Union Pacific Railroad west from Omaha, Nebraska, across the continent, making, with its connections, an unbroken line from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. Eight hundred and twenty miles completed Sept. 20, 1868. |
