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Map Map of the Richmond & Danville Railroad system in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, & Texas.

About this Item

Title

  • Map of the Richmond & Danville Railroad system in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, & Texas.

Summary

  • Map of southern United States showing drainage, coal regions, cities and towns, counties, and the railroad network in red, with names along the lines. Includes list of railroads. Chartered in 1847 and completed to Danville in 1856.

Names

  • G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co.
  • Richmond and Danville Railroad Company.

Created / Published

  • New York, 1881.

Headings

  • -  Richmond and Danville Railroad Company--Maps
  • -  Railroads--United States--Maps
  • -  United States

Notes

  • -  Scale 1:2,217,600.
  • -  LC also has 1882 and 1883 editions, 51 x. 57 cm., without railroad names, and an 1884 enlarged edition, 4 sheets each 52 x 83 cm., with names of lines and townships.
  • -  LC Railroad maps, 544
  • -  Description derived from published bibliography.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Medium

  • col. map 69 x 101 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3701.P3 1881 .G15

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 98688788

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co, and Richmond And Danville Railroad Company. Map of the Richmond & Danville Railroad system in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, & Texas. New York, 1881. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/98688788/.

APA citation style:

G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co & Richmond And Danville Railroad Company. (1881) Map of the Richmond & Danville Railroad system in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, & Texas. New York. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/98688788/.

MLA citation style:

G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co, and Richmond And Danville Railroad Company. Map of the Richmond & Danville Railroad system in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, & Texas. New York, 1881. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/98688788/>.