Lake Ontario RR Niagara Falls 1853 pre-open Engineers Report large folding map Pictorial maps Pontoon Bridges)

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21 3/8" H x 24 3/4" W

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Lake Ontario RR Niagara Falls 1853 pre-open Engineers Report large folding map Pictorial maps Pontoon Bridges)Niagara Falls and Lake Ontario Railroad. Issued 1853, NY by W. H. Arthur & Co.(also lithographers of map). Announcement and report overview issued prior to the opening of single track railroad which would connect with the Great Trunk Railroad and more readily allow passage of goods from Canada to Phila, NY & Baltimore. (10) pp. pamphlet with text (Marvin Porter, Chief engineer of road project), large folding b&w litho map on bond paper (now brittle