1919 Riedel City Plan or Map of Fort Wayne, Indiana

This is a 1919 John M. E. Riedel city plan or map of Fort Wayne, Indiana. Red overprinting highlights streetcar lines within Fort Wayne and interurban railways, such as the Fort Wayne and Northern Indiana Traction Company. Railroads (which went farther than interurban railways) are illustrated by black lines. Numerous railroads traveled through Fort Wayne, including the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne, and Chicago Railway (part of the Pennsylvania railroad system), the Wabash Railroad, and the New York, Chicago, and St. Louis Railroad. The public library, Court House, Post Office, Concordia College, and City Hall are identified. An alphabetic street index appears outside the left and bottom borders.

Publication History and Census

This map was created and published by John M. E. Riedel in 1919 and was approved by Frank M. Randall, the City Civil Engineer. We note three cataloged examples, at Ball State University, the Indiana Historical Society, and the Boston Public Library. Riedel began publishing his pocket map of Fort Wayne in 1900, with revised editions appearing to about 1930.