Exposé of the Facts concerning the Proposed Elevated Patent Railway Enterprise in the City of New-York 1866 by (Transportation) - 1866

New York: [West Side and Yonkers Patent Railway Company], 1866. With two folding maps (17-1/2 x 45 inches and 20 x 23-3/4 inches) and 9 full-page plates. 64 pp. 8vo. Original cloth lettered in gilt to upper cover. Title page and first map detached, bottom corner of large folding map torn away but present, dampstained throughout, front hinge broken. With two folding maps (17-1/2 x 45 inches and 20 x 23-3/4 inches) and 9 full-page plates. 64 pp. 8vo. First Elevated Train in New York City. Inscribed on the inside cover: "Hon Samuel Candee ... Compliments of C.T. Harvey Pantentee Albany March 6th." Harvey was the founder of the West Side and Yonkers Patent Railway Company. The plan is for what would become the Ninth Avenue El, the first elevated train in New York City, which began operation in July 1868, saw several extensions over the years, and ultimately closed in 1958. The maps are "Colton's city & county map of New-York"; and "Sanitary and social chart of the Fourth Ward of the city of New-York to illustrate the necessity of elevated railways