Record Details
Map of Washington State Highways (1913)
Washington State University Libraries
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Map of Washington State Highways (1913) |
| Identifier | http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu594 wsu 594; Historical Maps Collection 2.27 http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/maps,755 |
| Creator | Roy, William R. |
| Date | 1913 2000 - 2002 |
| Description | 1 map: hand-col., 38 x 55 cm. Scale: 1 inch = 18 miles. The Washington State Highway Department was created in 1905, though the state Legislature had been attempting to create state roads as early as 1893. The first concrete and asphalt roads were created in 1912. |
| Subject | Road Maps -- Washington (State); Roads -- Washington (State); State Highway Committee |
| Type | Maps |
| Coverage | United States -- Washington (State) |
| 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 1.5 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 |
