"Complete Map of Florida and the South With Index Showing the Semi-Tropical Resorts Reached by the Lines of Atlantic Coast Line", Railroad Companies, (Various)
Subject: Florida & Southeast, Raliroads
Period: 1902 (circa)
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Color: Printed Color
Size:
19.5 x 31.7 inches
49.5 x 80.5 cm
This wonderful, color lithographed map portrays the transportation system built by H. B. Plant with rail lines extending throughout Alabama, Georgia, Florida and part of South Carolina. Includes steamship lines to Havana, Key West, and Nassau. On verso is an index of towns, villages and post offices. Folds into paper wrappers (4 x 8.3"). Lithographed by Matthews Northrup in Buffalo.
The Plant System operated a large network of standard gauge lines from 1860 until 1902 when the line was acquired by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. Earlier, the line operated from 1847 as the Savannah, Florida and Western Railway which was taken over by Henry B. Plant in 1860.
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Condition: A
Issued folding on a clean sheet with a few short splits at the fold junctions. Paper wrappers have light wear.
