Record Details
Map of the Northern Pacific Railroad and its connections, (1871)
Washington State University Libraries
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Map of the Northern Pacific Railroad and its connections, (1871) |
| Identifier | http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu199 WSU 199; HE2791 .N857 1871 http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/maps,416 |
| Creator | Northern Pacific Railroad Company. |
| Date | 1871 2000 - 2002 |
| Publisher | Philadelphia : Jay Cooke & Co. |
| Description | 1 map ; 15 x 23 cm. View front cover: http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu198 The publishers of this map, Jay Cooke and Company, were the financial managers and marketers of the Northern Pacific Railroad. They printed many pamphlets such as this one, extolling the nature of the northwest and the benefits of the railroad itself. The railroad held huge land grants, extending up to fifty miles to either side of the prosepective tracks, and as such it was in the business of... |
| Subject | Railroads -- West (U.S.) -- Maps; Railroad travel -- Northwest, Pacific -- Maps; West (U.S.) -- Guidebooks; Northern Pacific Railroad; 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 The Northern Pacific Railroad : its route, resources, progress and . business : the new Northwest and its great thoroughfare. |
