GETTYSBURG — An electric light-up map that educated visitors at the Gettysburg battlefield for decades is getting a new owner after an online auction by the federal government on Friday ended with a $14,010 bid.

The 30-by-30-foot map, now in four pieces, is a 12-ton behemoth that was made partly out of asbestos. Information about the high bidder was not immediately available.

The map once was featured inside a small auditorium in the Gettysburg National Military Park’s old visitor’s center. It helped people understand the Battle of Gettysburg by using blinking lights to demonstrate the positions of major landmarks and the progress of the armies on a topographically accurate depiction of the site.

Gettysburg is planning for the 150th anniversary, to be held next July.