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Map Map of the Hudson River Rail Road from New York to Albany.

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Title

  • Map of the Hudson River Rail Road from New York to Albany.

Summary

  • Topographic strip map of the Hudson River Valley from Waterford to New York City, showing drainage, relief by hachures, county and township boundaries, cities and towns, roads and canals. Indicates the track of the Hudson River Railroad and the "line surveyed but not adopted." Chartered in 1846 and consolidated with New York Central Railroad. See entries 486-488.

Names

  • Snyder, George, approximately 1820-
  • Moore, W. C.
  • Haering, Robert.
  • Hudson River Railroad.

Created / Published

  • N[ew] Y[ork], c1848.

Headings

  • -  Hudson River Railroad--Maps
  • -  Railroads--Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.)--Maps
  • -  United States--New York (State)--Hudson River Valley
  • -  United States--New Jersey--Hudson River Valley

Notes

  • -  Scale 1:63,360.
  • -  Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1848 by G. Snyder.
  • -  LC also has a copy with ms. triangulation lines and place names added between Dobbs Ferry and Peekskill and a full-size, colored manuscript copy, on tracing linen "Traced by Jna. A. Cambell July 25, 1856." Note: "Copied in the Office of the Coast Survey . . . Washington, D.C. July 25, 1856" Signed: H. W. Benham, Capt. of Engr.
  • -  LC Railroad maps, 430
  • -  Description derived from published bibliography.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Medium

  • map 43 x 382 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3802.H9P3 1848 .S6

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 98688681

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Snyder, George, Approximately, W. C Moore, Robert Haering, and Hudson River Railroad. Map of the Hudson River Rail Road from New York to Albany. [New York, 1848] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/98688681/.

APA citation style:

Snyder, G., Moore, W. C., Haering, R. & Hudson River Railroad. (1848) Map of the Hudson River Rail Road from New York to Albany. [New York] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/98688681/.

MLA citation style:

Snyder, George, Approximately, et al. Map of the Hudson River Rail Road from New York to Albany. [New York, 1848] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/98688681/>.