Employment in transportation, communications, and utilities : 1960 / compiled from U. S. Bureau of the Census, Census of population: 1960, PC(1)-1C through 53C, Washington, U. S. Govt. Print Off., 1962, table 75 -- Average daily traffic flow, on the interstate system : 1967 / compiled from U. S. Bureau of Public Roads, "The National system of interstate and defense highways; 1967 average daily traffic on rural mileage of the travelled-way . Dec. 1967," Travelled way traffic map: 1967, Washington, U. S. Govt. Print Off., map approx. 1:10,000,000.
Two transportation maps representing the United States, featuring the geographic locations of employment in transportation, communications, and utilities, as of 1960, as well as average daily traffic on the interstate system, as of 1967. Maps also show political boundaries, bodies of water, coastlin...
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United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey
1967
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| Summary: | Two transportation maps representing the United States, featuring the geographic locations of employment in transportation, communications, and utilities, as of 1960, as well as average daily traffic on the interstate system, as of 1967. Maps also show political boundaries, bodies of water, coastlines and islands. Maps include legends, as well as bar scales and scale statements. Presented with Albers Equal Area Projection. With two inset maps within each map: Principal islands of Hawaii -- Alaska. Colored lithograph. Maps are each 20 x 31 cm, on sheet 49 x 35 cm. Maps appear in Special subject maps section, subsection Economic : Transportation. The national atlas of the United States of America, by the United States Geological Survey; published in Washington D. C., 1970. Bound in navy blue board, with title printed in silver on both front cover and spine. Accompanied by envelope with six overlay sheets, tucked between final page and back cover of volume. Collation: [i-vi], vii-xiii, [1], 2-417, A1, A2, B1, B2, C, D. Atlas contains 770 maps and 18 charts. Includes a dedication, foreward, list of contributors, introduction, table of contents and index to map subjects. Topic covered: physical geography, history, economics, culture, administrative boundaries and cartography. In addition, atlas also provides maps of the world, as related to the United States. Maps show political boundaries, cities, railways, roads, topography, bodies of water, glaciers, drainage, coastlines, islands, water depths and time zones. Topical maps feature other details, such as history, geology, climate, agriculture, population, racial demographics (including indigenous peoples), religion, language and transportation. Some maps use data visualization to further illustrate geographical information, with charts overlaid upon the landscape. "Adapted from "About The National Atlas of the United States of America," by the U.S. Geological Survey: The National Atlas of the United States of America was published in 1970. It was designed to be of ... |
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