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California map showing San Francisco, Newport and rail road connections with the adjacent country / drawn by W. Alpheus Smith. T.R. Holland Lith. Boston

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Title: California map showing San Francisco, Newport and rail road connections with the adjacent country / drawn by W. Alpheus Smith. T.R. Holland Lith. Boston
Alternative Title: Plan & location of the city of Newport, California, the terminus of the Great Pacific Rail-Road, a few homestead & building lots to be distributed free : for particulars enquire of the agent.
Creator: Smith, W. Alpheus, creator
Contributor: Holland, T.R
Date Created and/or Issued: 1868
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Maps
Rights Information: For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Alternate title from bottom of page. Newport was to be located across Suisun Bay from New York (now called Pittsburg) and Antioch. A submap shows the street layout for the city and impressive rail connections to the north and east are shown on the main map. Bancroft characterized this as a "swindling project." Submap: Plan of Newport, California. MS note 442574. Descriptive notes in folder. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: 442574.
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg
Extent: 1 map 22 x 36 cm., sheet 31 x 42 cm.
Identifier: 442574
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll4/id/3507
Language: English
Subject: Collinsville (Calif.)--Maps
California, Northern--Maps
Time Period: [1868]
Place: North America United States California Solano (County)
W 121°51'00"/N 38°04'37"
Source: Huntington Rare Book Maps
Maps, Huntington Digital Library

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