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Haynes, Chicago.","Includes insets: Alaska : [steamship routes]-- [Atlantic steamship routes].","Text, directory of \"Travel and information bureaus,\" illustrations, itinerary, and \"Map of Chicago\" on verso.","2396-10-24-24-25M.","[As the name implies, the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway was originally confined to operations in several Midwestern states. But in the 1890s an extension to the Pacific was thought necessary to remain competitive with other railroads. This was complete by 1910, and the following decade saw much of the route electrified to reduce operating costs. Both projects required significant capital investment, however, and the company declared bankruptcy in 1925 and reorganized as the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad. This map, published in 1924, is probably one of the last issued by the previous iteration of the \"Milwaukee Road.\" It shows the entire network and its various branches in bold red lines with double tracks noted accordingly. Two large areas along the primary route are noted as being electrified--the longest in the world until the Pennsylvania Railroad transitioned in the 1930s. Competing lines are shown but, inauspiciously, in a muted black. The map also includes two insets--steamship routes across the Atlantic in the lower right and steamship routes to Alaska in the lower left--both of which highlight global accessibility to the railway. The verso of the sheet features numerous photographs, including a bird's eye view of Chicago's new Union Station. A plan of the city is also included alongside an itinerary with written entries detailing a cross-country trip taken in 1925. Sixteen states in total were visited between September and October, making this map a neat relic from a grand adventure undertaken nearly a century ago.]--Edited description of Curtis Wright Maps.","Likely published 1924."]},{"label":"Coverage-Spatial","value":["Pacific States","United States"]},{"label":"Language","value":"English"},{"label":"Subject","value":["Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway Company","Electric railroads","Steamboat lines"]},{"label":"Genre","value":["Thematic maps","Maps"]},{"label":"Rights","value":"No Copyright - United States"},{"label":"Type","value":"Cartographic material"},{"label":"Repository","value":"Map Library"},{"label":"Local Bib ID","value":"99954922335205899"},{"label":"Collection Title","value":"Railroad Maps"}],"description":"Shows stations along the Chicago, Milwaukee \u0026 St. Paul Railway. Identifies double track and electrically operated lines. 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