Collection Items
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MapMap of the Lexington and Big Sandy Railroad showing the connections, 1853, J. B. Westbrook, Chief Engineer. Outline map of the middle Atlantic and midwestern states showing the railroad network in operation and under construction. Chartered in 1852 and opened to traffic in 1857.
- Contributor: Lexington and Big Sandy Railroad - Westbrook, J. B.
- Date: 1853-01-01
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MapMap of the proposed Northern Route for a railroad to the Pacific. Outline map of the United States showing drainage, state boundaries, major cities, and names of states, with state population figures. Western states show topography by hachures. Some major rail lines are shown in the northeastern states. Besides the "Northern Route" the map also indicates four more southerly proposed routes west of the Mississippi River.
- Contributor: Johnson, Edwin Ferry
- Date: 1853-01-01
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MapMap of all the railroads in the United States in operation and progress; drawn and engraved under direction of the editor of the American railroad journal. Map of the eastern United States to about the 95th Meridian showing operating and projected railroads.
- Contributor: McLellan, David
- Date: 1854-01-01
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MapRail road map accompanying the report an[d] exhibit of the Logansport & Northern Indiana Railroad showing its connections and the through route from St. Louis to New York of which this road ... Map of the north-central and northeastern United States showing drainage, relief by hachures, place names, and state boundaries. Chartered as the Auburn and Eel River Valley Rail Road on March 8, 1853. Name changed August 3, 1853.
- Contributor: Nash, L. S. - Logansport and Northern Indiana Railroad
- Date: 1854-01-01
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MapMap of all the railroads in the United States in operation and progress. Map of the eastern United States showing relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, state boundaries, canals, and the railroad network. In 1923 Poor's Publishing Company of New York issued a reduced redrawing of this map measuring 46 x 50 cm.
- Contributor: Poor, Henry V. (Henry Varnum) - McLellan, David
- Date: 1854-01-01
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MapH. V. Poor's rail road map showing particularly the location and connections of the North East & South West Alabama Rail Road, by E. D. Sanford, Civil Engineer. Covers the United States from the Mississippi River east, and from Maine to northern Florida. Includes drainage, relief by hachures, place names, state boundaries, canals, and the railroad network.
- Contributor: Sanford, E. D. - North East and South West Alabama Railroad
- Date: 1854-01-01
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MapMap showing the principal rail road in the middle & adjoining states, in operation & in progress. Map of the north-central and middle Atlantic states showing cities, the railroad network, and the coal region boundaries.
- Contributor: Schuchman, William - Veeder, N.
- Date: 1854-01-01
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MapWilliams' commercial map of the United States and Canada with railroads, routes, and distances, Detailed general map of the eastern half of the United States framed in decorative borders indicating drainage, cities and towns, canals, roads, the railroad network, and indicating the proposed railroad routes to the Pacific Ocean. Railroads in progress are indicated by dashed lines. [From published bibliography]
- Contributor: Williams, W. (Wellington)
- Date: 1855-01-01
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MapRail road map of the United States, showing the depots & stations. Map of eastern United States showing relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, and railroads.
- Contributor: Ensign, Bridgman & Fanning
- Date: 1856-01-01
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MapDinsmore's complete map of the railroads & canals in the United States & Canada carefully compiled from authentic sources by Richard S. Fisher, editor of the American Rail Road & Steam Navigation ... Map of the eastern half of the United States and part of Canada showing drainage, relief by hachures, state boundaries, and proposed, projected, and operating railroads.
- Contributor: Fisher, Richard Swainson
- Date: 1856-01-01
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MapUnited States railway map, showing all the railways completed in progress and proposed in the United States & Canadas with their stations, distances & connections together with a map of routes for ... Map of the eastern United States within decorative borders showing drainage, cities and towns, state boundaries, and the railroad network with named lines and state of construction.
- Contributor: Middleton, Wallace & Co
- Date: 1856-01-01
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MapMap of the Great Central Route and its connections, the most central, attractive, direct and reliable thoroughfare between the eastern and western states. Outline map of the north-central and northeastern states indicating larger cities, county boundaries, and railroad network emphasizing the Michigan Central Railroad and the Great Western Railway.
- Contributor: Great Central Railway (U.S.) - Noble, C. E.
- Date: 1856-01-01
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MapView fo the lake & north west-connections with Philadelphia. Indicates railroads in the Great Lakes region, south to the Ohio River, and from New York State to the Mississippi River. Shows proposed railroads as far west as the Missouri River.
- Contributor: P.S. Duval & Co
- Date: 1856-01-01
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MapA new and complete railroad map of the United States compiled from reliable sources. Map of the eastern half of the United States showing cities, state boundaries, finished railroads, and railroads in progress.
- Contributor: Perris, William
- Date: 1857-01-01
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MapA new and complete county map of all the rail roads in the United States & Canadas in operation & progress. Covers the eastern half of the United States. Shows drainage, county boundaries, and place names.
- Contributor: Schultz, John H.
- Date: 1857-01-01
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MapMap of routes for a Pacific railroad, compiled to accompany a report of the Hon. Jefferson Davis, sec. of war. Scale 1:6,000,000. Relief shown by hachures. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2
- Contributor: Warren, G. K. (Gouverneur Kemble) - Bien, Julius
- Date: 1857-01-01
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MapMap of routes for a Pacific railroad, compiled to accompany the report of the Hon. Jefferson Davis, sec. of war. Outline sketch map of the United States west of the Mississippi River designed to show the relationship of the proposed railroad routes. First edition of the map appears in U.S. War Department, Report of the Secretary...Communicating the Several Pacific Railroad Explorations (Washington, 1855). [From published bibliography]
- Contributor: United States. War Department - Warren, G. K. (Gouverneur Kemble) - Fillmore, Millard - Bien, Julius - Davis, Jefferson
- Date: 1855-01-01
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MapMap showing route of Norfolk & Petersburg Rail Road and its connections with Ohio & Mississippi Rivers, William Mahone, Chief Engineer, F. Bourquin & Co., Philada. Map of the eastern United States between the Chesapeake Bay and the Mississippi River. Shows drainage, place names and the railroad network. Chartered March 17, 1851. Line completed in 1858. consolidated in April 1871, forming part of the Atlantic, Mississippi, and Ohio Railroad.
- Contributor: Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad Company - Mahone, William
- Date: 1858-01-01
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MapMap of the Fremont and Indiana Rail Road and its connections, December 1858. Map of the northeastern and north-central United States showing drainage, place names, state boundaries, and the completed and proposed railroad network. Chartered April 25, 1853. Opened in 1859.
- Contributor: Medberry, S. - Fremont and Indiana Railroad Company
- Date: 1858-01-01
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MapA correct map of the Pennsylvania Central Rail Road with its branches & connections, the shortest & quickest route between the east & west. Sketch map of the eastern United States showing the railroad network and emphasizing the routes between St. Louis and Chicago, and Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York.
- Contributor: Mendel, Edward - Pennsylvania Railroad
- Date: 1854-01-01
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MapA new and complete rail road map of the United States compiled from reliable sources by William Perris, C.E. & Surveyor, New York; presented by the Home Insurance Company. Map of the eastern half of the United States showing cities, state boundaries, "finished railroads," and "railroads in progress."
- Contributor: Perris, William
- Date: 1858-01-01
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MapJ. Sage & Son's new & reliable rail road map comprising all the railroads of the United States and Canadas with their stations and distances, Outline commercial map of the eastern half of the United States framed in decorative borders indicating major drainage systems, state boundaries, cities and towns along railroad routes, and distances between stations. Includes detailed lists of railroad companies, stations, and distances by state in marginal text. [From published bibliography]
- Contributor: Stammann, Hugo - Sage (J.) & Sons
- Date: 1858-01-01
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MapMap of Texas showing the Sabine and Galveston Bay Rail Road, or Texas and New Orleans Air Line Rail Line, its connections in the U.S. and adjacent territories Outline map of Texas and vicinity showing railroads actually built, under construction, and chartered but not under contract.
- Contributor: Sabine and Galveston Bay Railroad and Lumber Company - Gentry, Abm. M. (Abram Morrice)
- Date: 1859-01-01
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MapLloyd's American railroad map of the United States, showing the three proposed roads and the overland mail route to the Pacific, Outline map of the continental United States showing drainage, state boundaries, major cities, forts, finished and proposed railroads. [From published bibliography]
- Contributor: Lloyd, James T. - Smith, Rae
- Date: 1859-01-01
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MapLloyd's American railroad map of the United States, showing the three proposed roads and the overland mail route to the Pacific Relief shown by hachures. "Drawn & engraved at Rae Smith's, 71 Nassau St., N.Y. from materials furnished to the 36th Congress, March 1859 by G.K. Warren, Lt. U.S. Top. Eng. for the passage of the Pacific Railroad Bill." "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1859 by J.T. Lloyd in the clerk's office of the District Court of the United States ..."...
- Contributor: Lloyd, James T. - Smith, Rae
- Date: 1859-01-01