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Map Map showing the location of the Galena & Chicago Union Railroad with its branches & connections in Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota.

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Title

  • Map showing the location of the Galena & Chicago Union Railroad with its branches & connections in Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota.

Summary

  • Map of the midwestern United States showing drainage, cities and towns, counties, and the railroad network with emphasis on the main line. Chartered January 16, 1836, constructed in 1853. Consolidated into the Chicago and Northwestern Railway, 1864. See entries 369 and 370.

Names

  • G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co.
  • Galena and Chicago Union Railroad Company.

Created / Published

  • New York, 1862.

Headings

  • -  Galena and Chicago Union Railroad Company--Maps
  • -  Railroads--Middle West--Maps
  • -  United States--Middle West

Notes

  • -  Scale ca. 1:1,250,000.
  • -  LC Railroad maps, 414
  • -  Description derived from published bibliography.

Medium

  • col. map 36 x 64 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G4061.P3 1862 .G15

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 98688665

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co, and Galena And Chicago Union Railroad Company. Map showing the location of the Galena & Chicago Union Railroad with its branches & connections in Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota. New York, 1862. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/98688665/.

APA citation style:

G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co & Galena And Chicago Union Railroad Company. (1862) Map showing the location of the Galena & Chicago Union Railroad with its branches & connections in Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota. New York. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/98688665/.

MLA citation style:

G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co, and Galena And Chicago Union Railroad Company. Map showing the location of the Galena & Chicago Union Railroad with its branches & connections in Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota. New York, 1862. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/98688665/>.