Subject: Southern U.S. Cities
Period: 1912 (dated)
Publication:
Color: Printed Color
Size:
24.4 x 16 inches
62 x 40.6 cm
This sheet features six small city plans of Southern cities including Memphis, Birmingham, Knoxville, Little Rock, Houston, and New Orleans with red overprinting highlighting the street car lines of the American Cities Company. The map of New Orleans provides the greatest detail with a legend further identifying a terminal house, gas works, power stations, car shops, and more. The company formed in 1911 and this map was likely included in its first annual report in 1912. Published by L.L. Poates Engineering Company in New York. The full list of titles include:
Lines of the Memphis Railway Co. Memphis, Tennessee
Lines Owned and Operated by the Birmingham Railways Light and Power Co. Birmingham, Ala.
Street Railway Lines of the Knoxville Traction Co. Knoxville, Tenn.
Lines Owned and Operated by the Little Rock Railway and Electric Co. Little Rock, Arkansas
Circuits of the Houston Lighting & Power Company
Showing Properties of New Orleans Railway and Light Co. System New Orleans, La.
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Condition: B+
Issued folding on a clean sheet with an archivally repaired 3" fold separation at top left and a short repaired binding tear at left.