File #103: "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)