Railroad System, United States, 1855
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- This line shapefile represents the railroad network of the United States in 1855. This layer is part of the Railroads and the Making of Modern America project.
- Purpose
- This project seeks to document and represent the rapid and far-reaching social effects of railroads and to explore the transformation of the United States to modern ideas, institutions, and practices in the nineteenth century.
Description
| Type of resource | cartographic, software, multimedia |
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| Form | Shapefile |
| Extent | 1.312 |
| Publisher | University of Nebraska--Lincoln |
| Publication date | 2006 |
| Language | English |
| Digital origin | born digital |
| Map data | Scale not given. ; Custom projection W 92°26ʹ34ʺ--W 67°16ʹ40ʺ/N 45°13ʹ3ʺ--N 29°51ʹ13ʺ, Scale not given ; EPSG::4326 |
Creators/Contributors
| Creator | Thomas, William G., 1964- |
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Subjects
| Subject | Railroads |
|---|---|
| Subject | United States |
| Subject | 1855 |
| Subject | Transportation |
| Genre | Geospatial data |
| Genre | Cartographic dataset |
Bibliographic information
| WGS84 Cartographics | This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection. |
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| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/sg805fy3196 |
Access conditions
- Use and reproduction
- This dataset is freely available for academic use and other non-commercial use. Redistribution, or commercial use is not allowed without prior permission. You are free to create maps and use the data in other ways for publication in academic journals, books, reports, etc.
Preferred citation
- Preferred citation
- University of Nebraska. Lincoln. (2006). Railroad System, United States, 1855. University of Nebraska Lincoln. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/sg805fy3196.
Collection
Railroads and the making of modern America
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