Map New railway map of the United States.

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Title: New railway map of the United States.
Summary: Detailed map of the eastern half of the United States to the 93d Meridian, framed in decorative borders. Indicates drainage, state, county, and township boundaries, cities and towns, canals, roads, the railroad network, and distances between stations. Incomplete railroads are shown by thin black lines. [From published bibliography]
Contributor Names: G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co.
Created / Published: New York, 1867.
Subject Headings: - Railroads--United States--Maps; - United States
Notes: - Scale 1:1,267,200; statute miles 20 x 1 in.; - LC Railroad maps, 48; - Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Medium: map 137 x 136 cm. on 4 sheets 77 x 81 cm. or smaller.
Call Number/Physical Location: G3701.P3 1867 .G19
Repository: Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu
Digital Id: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3701p.rr000480
Library of Congress Control Number: gm71000835
Online Format: image
LCCN Permalink: https://lccn.loc.gov/gm71000835
Additional Metadata Formats: MARCXML Record; MODS Record; Dublin Core Record
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