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Map Map & profile of the Virginia & Tennessee Rail Road.

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Title

  • Map & profile of the Virginia & Tennessee Rail Road.

Summary

  • Strip map of Virginia between Lynchburg and Bristol, Tenn. Shows drainage, coal and copper fields, county boundaries, cities, towns, and roads. Chartered March 24, 1848, under the name of Lynchburg abd Tennessee Railroad. Consolidated in 1871 under Atlantic, Mississippi, and Ohio Railroad. See entry 331. [From published bibliography]

Names

  • Blackford, W. W. (William Willis), 1831-1905.
  • Ritchie & Dunnavant.

Created / Published

  • Richmond, lith of Ritchie & Dunnavant, 1856.

Headings

  • -  Virginia and Tennessee Railroad Company--Maps
  • -  Railroads--Virginia--Maps
  • -  United States--Virginia

Notes

  • -  Scale 1:316,800; 5 miles to 1 in.
  • -  Hand colored.
  • -  Relief shown by hachures.
  • -  LC Railroad maps, 599
  • -  Across bottom of map: Profile of Va. & Tenn. R.R., 5 x 42 in.
  • -  Includes "Table of curvatures," "Table of amounts," and "Elevation above the level of the sea of the rails."
  • -  AACR2

Medium

  • col. map 49 x 109 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3881.P3 1856 .B51

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • gm72003016

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Blackford, W. W, and Ritchie & Dunnavant. Map & profile of the Virginia & Tennessee Rail Road. Richmond, lith of Ritchie & Dunnavant, 1856. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/gm72003016/.

APA citation style:

Blackford, W. W. & Ritchie & Dunnavant. (1856) Map & profile of the Virginia & Tennessee Rail Road. Richmond, lith of Ritchie & Dunnavant. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/gm72003016/.

MLA citation style:

Blackford, W. W, and Ritchie & Dunnavant. Map & profile of the Virginia & Tennessee Rail Road. Richmond, lith of Ritchie & Dunnavant, 1856. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/gm72003016/>.