West Penn Today - We move on!

[Fred W. Schneider III]

John mentioned Franklin Maps, Henderson Road south of US 202 in King of
Prussia.  Information is 610 555-1212.  It is not necessarily my favorite for
USGS topo sheets because they get top dollar ($7 a sheet).  On the other hand, I
visit Franklin Maps for other reasons ... they are probably the closed really
great travel book, globe, and map dealer in this part of the world.  Expensive?
Yes.  But they are the only place I know of where I can walk in off the street
and buy all the English Ordnance Survey maps (their equivalent of our USGS
series), or city maps of Linz, Budapest, Moscow, Beijing, Nice, Strasbourg, even
many of the small cities in Eastern Europe.  And they will be happy to handle
credit card sales over the telephone.  If you want a wall map that changes from
dark to light with the moving sun each day, they have that too (cost is four
figures).

John Swindler wrote:

> They are on the internet at both "topozone" and "USGS-mapping"  But for the
> real thing, Fred S. likes Franklin Maps near King of Prussia Mall, while I
> prefer the (Mennonite owned) Clay Bookstore near Ephrata.  Cost averages
> about $4-7 per sheet.  Of course we have an unfair advantage in that we live
> in Pennsylvania and local map stores will tend to focus on this state.  But
> they can also be ordered direct from USGS.  Don't overlook the state index
> map.  Useful to have to determine which topo maps to seek.
>
> When only a section of the map is wanted, then I wander into the map
> collection of the State Library in Harrisburg and xerox a section of the
> desired map.  (Useful for looking at older editions like mid-50s - map
> stores generally stock only most recent updates).  State Library also has
> copies of county maps from about 1915. Not always that accurate, but many
> surprises for this novice.
>
> After looking for the trolley rights-of-way on the 1915 county maps, I've
> gone to the larger topo maps to look for suspicious terrain features.  Now
> have a good idea where NOT to waste time looking on a "field trip".
>
> Hope this helps somewhat
>
> John S.
>
> Note for Ed Lybarger:  we missed a lot of bridges on the Oley Valley line.
> (there were about 40!)  Want to try it again this winter???
>
> >From: Kenneth and Tracie Josephson <kjosephson at sprintmail.com>
> >Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> >To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> >Subject: Re: West Penn Today - We move on!
> >Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 09:01:47 +0000
> >
> >
> >
> >John Swindler wrote:
> >
> > > Looking to trace a right of way?  Check the 7 1/2 min topo maps for
> >streams,
> > > and that's where to look.
> >
> >John,
> >
> >Where can I find these topography maps?  Ken J.
> >
>
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