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  • Overview - Railroad Maps 1828 To 1900

    The Railroad maps represent an important historical record, illustrating the growth of travel and settlement as well as the development of industry and agriculture in the United States. They depict the development ...

    Site: LOC.gov web pages
    Original Format: Map - Web Page
    Date: 1998-10-19

  • Plan of a survey for the proposed Boston and Providence Rail-Way.

    Scale ca. 1:64,000. Relief shown by hachures. LC Railroad maps, 348 Topographic strip map showing proposed lines of survey. This is the earliest railroad map represented in the Library's map collections. It ...

    Contributor: Hayward, James
    Site: American Memory-cultural - Main Catalog
    Original Format: Map
    Date: 1828
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  • History Of Railroads And Maps - Railroad Maps 1828 To 1900

    Railways were introduced in England in the seventeenth century as a way to reduce friction in moving heavily loaded wheeled vehicles. The first North American "gravity road," as it was called, was ...

    Site: LOC.gov web pages
    Original Format: Map - Web Page
    Date: 1998-10-19

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