[PRCo] sanborns

John Swindler j_swindler at hotmail.com
Thu Nov 28 10:07:58 EST 2013


 
 
Thank you, Dennis, for first assembling this very useful list, and then sharing.
 
Happy turkey day
 
John
 

 
> From: alto_trombone at hotmail.com
> To: pittsburgh-railways at mailman.dementix.org
> Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2013 06:37:57 -0500
> Subject: Re: [PRCo] sanborns
> 
> Here are some more map resources, many do show traction lines.
> Historical topographic mapshttp://historical.mytopo.com/
> Rail routes over Google mapshttp://www.phillymap.com/gmaps.html
> Historical MapWorkshttp://www.historicmapworks.com/Browse/United_States/Pennsylvania/
> Penn Pilothttp://www.pennpilot.psu.edu/
> McGraw Electric Railway Maps 1913http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/mcgraw_electric.html
> Pennsylvania Mapshttp://www.dot.state.pa.us/Internet/Bureaus/pdPlanRes.nsf/infoBPRCartoMapsinPDFandDJVU?OpenForm
> Historical Maps of Pennsylvaniahttp://www.mapsofpa.com/home.htm
> Historical Pittsburgh & Allegheny Countyhttp://digital.library.pitt.edu/maps/
> Stephen Titchenal Mapshttp://railsandtrails.com/pdf/index.html
> David Rumsey Historical mapshttp://www.davidrumsey.com/
> 
> Dennis F. Cramer 
> http://home.windstream.net/dfc1/
> 
> > From: dwightlong at verizon.net
> > To: pittsburgh-railways at mailman.dementix.org
> > Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2013 16:10:58 -0500
> > Subject: Re: [PRCo] sanborns
> > 
> > 
> > Ed
> > 
> > I note that while it shows "steam" railways it does not show tramways.  Is this true of all Sanborns maps?  (Of course they do show fixed structures belonging to tramways)?
> > 
> > Dwight
> >   ----- Original Message ----- 
> >   From: Edward H. Lybarger 
> >   To: 'Western PA Trolley discussion' 
> >   Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 8:23 AM
> >   Subject: Re: [PRCo] sanborns
> > 
> > 
> >   A wonderful find, for sure!  Thanks for your vigilance.
> > 
> >   Ed
> > 
> >   -----Original Message-----
> >   From: pittsburgh-railways-bounces at mailman.dementix.org
> >   [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounces at mailman.dementix.org] On Behalf Of
> >   Derrick Brashear
> >   Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 6:36 AM
> >   To: Western PA Trolley discussion
> >   Subject: [PRCo] sanborns
> > 
> >   not sure when these appeared, but:
> > 
> >   http://www.libraries.psu.edu/psul/digital/sanborn.html
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> >   -- 
> >   Derrick
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