DENVER & RIO GRANDE RAILWAY First Annual Report with maps William Jackson Palmer Colorado Territory 1873
$6,500.00
DENVER & RIO GRANDE RAILWAY First Annual Report with
maps William Jackson Palmer Colorado Territory 1873
COLORADO ARTIFACTUAL
Description
DENVER & RIO GRANDE RAILWAY
FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
THE DENVER & RIO GRANDE RAILWAY TO THE
STOCKHOLDERS,
April 1, 1873
Philadelphia: Printed by J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1873
COLORADO TERRITORY
Publication dimensions: 6 inches by 9 inches; 84 pages. Plus, 2 maps
and 1 profile:
1) MAP OF THE DENVER & RIO GRANDE RAILWAY, north to
south; compiled and drawn by Albert von Motz, Colorado Springs,
CT. Scale 30 miles = 1 inch. Map Dimensions: 14-1/2 inches x 24
inches. Highly detailed with many location names not used today.
2) MAP SHOWING PROPERTY OF THE CENTRAL COLORADO
DEVELOPMENT COMPANY. This William J. Palmer and William
A. Bell’s company was incorporated expressly to build the D&RGRR.
Haugg Litho, Philadelphia. Compiled & drawn by Albert von Motz,
Colorado Springs, CT. Scale: 6 miles = 1 inch. Map dimensions: 13
inches by 9 inches. Again, many of the name locations are not used
today.
3) Profile of Line of the Denver & Rio Grande Railway, from Denver
to Pueblo; inset profile: Profile of Arkansas Valley Branch, South
Pueblo to Coal Banks, CT. Profile dimensions: 32 inches by 9 inches.
Very detailed report with facts concerning railroad grading and
construction, materials used, dimensions of Narrow Gauge use,
minerals and resources along railroad line, projected railroad lines,
costs, revenues, etc. Exceptional production.
Publication condition: original wraps lightly stained and soiled; edges
lightly frayed; no significant paper missing; spine reinforced with
conservation materials. Internal pages are clean and bright, with little
or no foxing. Maps and profile are clean and bright with no paper
missing and no foxing.
Publication production was done in Philadelphia because William J.
Palmer, president was from that city and most of the capital that
funded both the founding of Colorado Springs, Colorado Territory
and the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad came from Philadelphia.
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