File #103: "Figure 3: Wire Miles of Telegraph in Operation and Capitalization of the Big Three, close of 1865"

Figure 3: Wire Miles of Telegraph in Operation and Capitalization of the Big Three, close of 1865

Title

Figure 3: Wire Miles of Telegraph in Operation and Capitalization of the Big Three, close of 1865

Description

A table comparing miles of telegraph wire owned by various telegraph companies and capital accumulated; Western Union possess the most miles and therefore has the most capital.

Creator

Allan Pred

Source

Allan Pred, Urban Growth and City-Systems. (Harvard University Press, 1980)