CANADA NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES 1855 KEEFER WALL UNUSUAL ANTIQUE RAILROAD MAP

Map of the Province of Canada, and the Lower Colonies Shewing the Connection by Steam Navigation with New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin & Minnesota, and with Europe by the route of the River St. Lawrence and the Great Lakes, shewing also the connections by railways & canals with New England, Mississippi & Missouri Rivers, Iowa & Nebraska. Prepared for the Canadian Commissioners of the Paris Exhibition by Thos. C. Keefer Montreal 1855.

Description: Striking and highly detailed fine unusual 1855 Thomas C. Keefer's wall original lithographic railroad map of eastern part of Canada & North-eastern United States. The map is filled with excellant details on cities, towns, rivers, lakes, railroads and islands. A profil at the top right side adorns the sheet.

Date: 1855 ( dated )

Dimension: Paper size approx.: cm 101,4 x 65,3

Condition: Very strong and dark impression on good paper. Map uncolored. Small foxing and browning. Small holes along the foldings. Map folded. Conditions are as you can see in the images. 

Mapmaker: Thomas C. Keefer (fl. 1821 - 1914) was a prominent Canadian railway engineer and civil engineer working in the mid to late 19th century. Keefer held posts as President of Both the Canadian and American Societies of Civil Engineers and has been called the "Dean of Canadian Engineers". Keefer's most important work includes an accurate survey of the St. Lawrence River, significant contributions to both the Erie and Welland Canals, and the construction of the Grand Trunk Railway from Toronto to Kingston. Keefer was a forward thinking environmentalist and, despite working for the railroads, envisioned a day when water power and electric would replace the "poison smoke" of coal.