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Map Map showing the position of Chicago in connection with the North West & the principal lines of rail roads, canals, navigable streams and lakes, together with the most important towns, and their distances from Chicago.

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Title

  • Map showing the position of Chicago in connection with the North West & the principal lines of rail roads, canals, navigable streams and lakes, together with the most important towns, and their distances from Chicago.

Summary

  • Map of the north-central United States, east of the Mississippi River, showing the railroad network.

Names

  • Mendel, Edward, 1827-1884.

Created / Published

  • Chicago, [185-]

Headings

  • -  Railroads--Middle West--Maps
  • -  United States--Middle West

Notes

  • -  Scale ca. 1:2,800,000.
  • -  LC Railroad maps, 115
  • -  Description derived from published bibliography.
  • -  Inset: Illinois geological survey. Diagram of the state of Illinois. col. 20 x 12 cm.

Medium

  • map 43 x 64 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G4061.P3 185- .M4

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 98688388

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Mendel, Edward. Map showing the position of Chicago in connection with the North West & the principal lines of rail roads, canals, navigable streams and lakes, together with the most important towns, and their distances from Chicago. [Chicago, 185, 1850] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/98688388/.

APA citation style:

Mendel, E. (1850) Map showing the position of Chicago in connection with the North West & the principal lines of rail roads, canals, navigable streams and lakes, together with the most important towns, and their distances from Chicago. [Chicago, 185] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/98688388/.

MLA citation style:

Mendel, Edward. Map showing the position of Chicago in connection with the North West & the principal lines of rail roads, canals, navigable streams and lakes, together with the most important towns, and their distances from Chicago. [Chicago, 185, 1850] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/98688388/>.