Name/Title
Map of the Hudson River Rail Road from New York to AlbanyEntry/Object ID
L.2004.126Description
Engraved, rectangular map, varnished and pasted on a linen backing and edged with tape, of the Hudson River; title appears in center as follows: "MAP / OF THE / HUDSON RIVER RAIL ROAD / FROM / NEW YORK TO ALBANY;" text continues: "Scale of 1 Mile to an Inch / Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1848 by G. Snyder in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New-York. / LITH. of G. SNYDER 138 WILLIAM ST. (sic) N.Y. Engraved by Robt. (sic) Haering N.Y. W.C. MOORE DEL.;"map runs from "Brooklyn" and "LONG ISD. (sic)" on the left side to "WATERVLIET" and "RENSSELAER" on the right side; ferry routes, grid map of Manhattan; "CITY & COUNTY OF NEW YORK," "BLACKWELL'S ISLAND," "G. BARN / IS. (sic)," "RANDALLS / IS. (sic)," "Newtown." "Hallet's Cove," "WEST FARMS," "Fordham," "YONKERS," "GREENBURGH," "Hastings," "Dobbs Ferry," "Tarrytown," "MOUNT PLEASANT," "Sing Sing," "OSSINING," "Tellers Point," "Verplanck," "Anns'ville (sic)," " PHILLIPSTOWN," "cold (sic) Spring," "Mateawan," "Fishkill Landing," "POKEEPSIE (sic), with street grid, "HYDE PARK," "Barrytown," "L. (sic) Red Hook,"U". (sic) Red Hook," "Tivoli," "Clermont," "TROY," with street grid; "JERSEY CITY," "Hoboken," "THE PALISADES," "Fort Lee," "Tappan," "Sneedens," "Piermont," "Nyack," "Snedecors," "Haverstraw," "Stony Pt. (sic) Light. (sic)," "Military Academy," "West Point," "NEWBURGH," with street grid, "KATSKILL," "Kaatskill," "Albany (with street grid), Watervliet (with street grid), Cohoes, Waterford; bodies of water include "Morris Canal," "Hackensack River," "EAST RIVER," "Hurlgate." "Newtown Creek," "Harlem River," "CROTON AQUEDUCT," "Bronx River," "Saw mill (sic) River," "TAPPAN BAY," "Rockland Lake," "Croton River," "Anns'ville (sic) Creek," "Mateawan Creek," "Wappingers Creek," "Crummelbow Creek," "Landtmans Creek," "Roeleff Jansen Kill," "Caters Kill,"
"Claverack Creek," "Stuyvesant Falls," "Kinderhook Creek," "Mitches Kill," "ERIE CANAL," "Mohawk River," "Champlain Canal to Whitehal (sic) 75 Ms. (sic); "New Jersey Rail Road," "Long Is. (sic) Rail Road," "Harlem Rail Road," "New Haven Rail Road," "Hudson River Rail Road, N.Y." and "Erie Rail Road," Hud (sic) & Berk (sic) Rail Road," "Western Rail Road Boston to Albany," "Albany & Schenectady Rail Road to Buffalo 325 miles," "Troy & Schenectady Rail Road," "Rensselaer & Saratoga Rail Road," "Line surveyed but not adopted;" "Hudson River Railway" written in ink along the left of the reverse side.Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
G. SnyderAttribution
PrinterArtist
Robert HaeringAttribution
EngraverDate made
1848Inscription/Signature/Marks
Type
InscriptionTranscription
See descriptionDimensions
Dimension Description
OverallHeight
19-1/2 inWidth
133-1/4 inDimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 19 1/2 x 133 1/4 in. (49.5 x 338.5 cm)Material
Paper (laid), ink, LinenCondition
Notes
Remarks: Paper, pasted in sections(not always meeting) on linen; edged with linen border folded on both sides; paper is glazed and creased and cracked in many places; edges are torn, chipped and frayed, especially in left section; lower section very damaged, with missing chips; surface dirt, staining and foxing over entire map but especially in left side ares; map is stored rolled up.General Notes
Note Type
StorageNoteNote
Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 10C-12CNote Type
DepartmentNote
Library