PhillyMap » Maps http://phillymap.com Getting Around Philadelphia by Bicycle and Transit Thu, 22 Jul 2010 02:17:08 +0000 en hourly 1 1899 Regional Bike Map http://phillymap.com/2010/01/08/1899-regional-bike-map/ http://phillymap.com/2010/01/08/1899-regional-bike-map/#comments Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:45:50 +0000 JB http://phillymap.com/beta/?p=164 Back in the late 1800′s, there were lots of bike maps.  Here’s a photo of  a portion of the regional bike map from that period.  The map is titled:  “Cyclists Road Map of the Philadelphia District”, by Geo. H. Walker & Co.  The red refers to: “Best routes shown thus.”

If you like old maps of Pennsylvania, there’s a good website called http://www.mapsofpa.com/.

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