Downtown Through History • IV
A city transformed by fill, railroads, annexation, abolitionism, immigration, literature, and the Civil War.
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Original Historical Boston map print by Ed McCarthy.
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This enlarged section shows the fine detail, image work, annotations, and hand-drawn character of the finished map.
Open high-resolution detail ↗The story on the map
By 1865 the original shoreline was difficult to recognize. This map focuses on landmaking, railroad growth, annexation, abolitionism, Irish immigration, literary Boston, and the Civil War era as the city expands beyond its old physical limits.