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Map Map showing the location of Sacramento Valley Railroad, Cal. Sacramento, Septr., 1854; T.D. Judah, Chief Engineer.

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Title

  • Map showing the location of Sacramento Valley Railroad, Cal. Sacramento, Septr., 1854; T.D. Judah, Chief Engineer.

Summary

  • Sketch map of the first railroad in California, with projected extensions to San Francisco, Sonora, and Tehama, made by the engineer who built the Sacramento Valley Railroad.

Names

  • Judah, Theodore D. (Theodore Dehone), 1826-1863.
  • Sacramento Valley Railroad.

Created / Published

  • San Francisco, [1854]

Headings

  • -  Sacramento Valley Railroad
  • -  Railroads--California--Maps
  • -  United States--California

Notes

  • -  Scale ca. 1:1,100,000.
  • -  From Report of the Chief Engineer of the Preliminary Surveys and Future Business of the Sacramento Valley Railroad (Sacramento, Democratic State Journal, 1854)
  • -  LC also has his September 16, 1854, map of this line measuring 69 x 43 cm.
  • -  LC Railroad maps, 552
  • -  Description derived from published bibliography.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Medium

  • map 27 x 55 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G4361.P3 1854 .J8

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 98688796

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Judah, Theodore D, and Sacramento Valley Railroad. Map showing the location of Sacramento Valley Railroad, Cal. Sacramento, Septr., ; T.D. Judah, Chief Engineer. [San Francisco, 1854] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/98688796/.

APA citation style:

Judah, T. D. & Sacramento Valley Railroad. (1854) Map showing the location of Sacramento Valley Railroad, Cal. Sacramento, Septr., ; T.D. Judah, Chief Engineer. [San Francisco] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/98688796/.

MLA citation style:

Judah, Theodore D, and Sacramento Valley Railroad. Map showing the location of Sacramento Valley Railroad, Cal. Sacramento, Septr., ; T.D. Judah, Chief Engineer. [San Francisco, 1854] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/98688796/>.