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MapPlan of the West-Philadelphia Rail-Road. Map includes parts of Philadelphia and Montgomery counties. Indicates topography by hachures, drainage, roads, property owners, and part of the city street plan of Philadelphia. [From published bibliography].
- Contributor: Campbell, Henry R. - Kramm, Gustavus - Lehman & Duval Lithrs
- Date: 1835-01-01
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MapChart of the head of navigation of the Potomac River shewing the route of the Alexandria Canal : made in pursuance of a resolution of the Alex'a Canal Company Oct. 1838 Nautical chart with extensive annotations in col. and lead pencils to show proposed railroad routes connecting central Washington and Alexandria (Va.). Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by contours and soundings. Oriented with north toward the lower right. Originally printed on 2 sheets. Includes note. LC copy soiled, stained, missing edge sections, and mounted on cloth backing. Available also through the Library of Congress...
- Contributor: Turnbull, Wm. (William) - Kearney, James - Alexandria Canal Company - Fairfax, Wilson M. C. - Ewing, Maskell C. - Stone, William James
- Date: 1838-01-01
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MapPlan and profile of the Danville and Pottsville Rail Road. Detailed map of part of Pennsylvania between Sharp Mountain and the Susquehanna River showing roads, drainage, and relief by hachures along the survey route. Shows the east and west branches of the Mount Carbon Railroad and the Mill Creek Railroad, which began operation in 1829. Chartered on April 8, 1826. Name changed in 1851 to the Philadelphia and Sunbury Rail Road.
- Contributor: Kennedy, David K. - Danville and Pottsville Rail Road Company - Lucas, William B.
- Date: 1831-01-01
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MapThe American atlas, exhibiting the post offices, post roads, rail roads, canals, and the physical & political divisions of the United States of North America Relief shown by hachures. Title from title sheet. "Entered according to the act of Congress, July 10th 1839, by David H. Burr, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Columbia." Phillips, 4525 Map of the United States of North America LC Railroad maps, 6 Map of Virginia, Maryland and Delaware LC Railroad maps, 70 Map of Maine, New Hampshire,...
- Contributor: Burr, David H. - Arrowsmith, John
- Date: 1839-01-01
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MapMap of Florida : Exhibiting the post offices, post roads, canals, rail roads, &c. "Entered according to Act of Congress, July 10th, 1839 by David H. Burr, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Columbia." Sectioned into 8 pieces and mounted on cloth. Includes inset of Gulf of Mexico. Label on verso: No. 8. Florida. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
- Contributor: Burr, David H. - Arrowsmith, John
- Date: 1839-01-01
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MapA map exhibiting the position of two lines located with a view to the extension of the Baltimore & Washington Rail Road within the city of Washington Partial cadastral map showing block numbers. Facsimile. Original version: Washington : Surveyors Office, 1835. Includes text, attestors' names, and illegible seal. LC copy 1 fold-lined. LC copy 2 halved and mounted on cloth backing. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. 2 copies. DCP
- Contributor: Knight, J. (Jonathan) - District of Columbia. Office of the Surveyor
- Date: 1835-01-01
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MapDepot of the B. & O. R.R. Co. Shows the Baltimore depot on Pratt Street, which was built in 1830. LC copy mounted on cloth and laminated. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
- Contributor: Penniman, John
- Date: 1830-01-01
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MapMap of the routes examined and surveyed for the Winchester and Potomac Rail Road, State of Virginia, under the direction of Capt. J. D. Graham, U.S. Top. Eng., 1831 and 1832; surveyed ... Topographic map surveyed in strips along the railroad routes. Shows property owners and covers an area between the Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers to Winchester. Includes table showing "a summary of the routes surveyed for the Winchester and Potomac Rail Road, State of Virginia."
- Contributor: Winchester and Potomac Railroad Company - Humphreys, A. A. (Andrew Atkinson)
- Date: 1831-01-01
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MapPlan and geological section of a rail-road route from Old Ferry Wharf, Chelsea to Beverly. Topographical strip map of part of Massachusetts showing relief by hachures, drainage, property owners names, roads, and the lines of survey. Includes geological cross-section profile. [From published bibliography]
- Contributor: Pendelton's Lithography - Browne, D. Jasper
- Date: 1836-01-01
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MapMap of the railroads and canals, finished, unfinished, and in contemplation, in the United States
Rail road map Important early map of the United States. Includes drainage, canals, and cities and towns. Contains route profiles for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, the Columbia Railroad, Pa., and the Massachusetts railroads.- Contributor: Minor, Daniel K. - Norris, William
- Date: 1834-01-01
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MapMap of Virginia, Maryland and Delaware exhibiting the post offices, post roads, canals, rail roads &c.
Delaware, Maryland, Virginia Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians: Washington and Greenwich. LC copy sectioned in 8 and mounted on cloth. Printed label on verso: no. 5, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia. LC Railroad maps, 70 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.- Contributor: Burr, David H. - Arrowsmith, John
- Date: 1839-01-01
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MapA map of the Georgia Rail Road and the several lines of railroad connecting with it, Febr. 1839. Map of the southeastern United States indicating drainage, relief by hachures, place names, roads, canals in blue, Georgia Railroad in red, "R.R. completed & in progress" in yellow. "R.R. chartered & proposed" in brown. Probably made to accompany his Report of the Engineer in Chief, May 13, 1839. Created by Act of December 21, 1836. See also items 613 and 614.
- Contributor: Thomson, J. Edgar (John Edgar) - Georgia Rail Road Company
- Date: 1839-01-01
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MapMap of the country embracing the various routes surveyed for the Balt. & Ohio Rail Road by order of the Board of Engineers. Map of Baltimore, Ann Arundel, Montgomery, Frederick, and Washington counties, Md, showing drainage, roads, and important place names. [From published bibliography]
- Contributor: Barney, Joshua
- Date: 1831-01-01
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MapA map, of the principal canal and rail road improvments [sic], which will connect with the Balt. & Susqa. Rail Road at York; drawn by G. F. de la Roche. C. Engr. Outline map covering New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and Ohio; shows drainage, canals, important cities, and railroad connections, chartered in 1828, opened to York in 1838.
- Contributor: De La Roche, G. F. - Baltimore and Susquehanna Railroad Company
- Date: 1835-01-01
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MapMap showing the most direct commercial route from the Atlantic via L. Ontario, to the province of Upper Canada, the north western states & territories, and to the Mississippi. Shows area from Washington, D.C., north to above Lake Huron and from Cape Cod to the Mississippi River.
- Contributor: Price, John
- Date: 1836-01-01
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MapMap of the canals & rail roads of the United States reduced from the large map of the U.S. One of the earliest general maps of the eastern United States showing railroads in operation. The working lines are in blue, proposed lines are in green. Canals are shown in red and yellow. [From published bibliography]
- Contributor: Knight, J. W. - Tanner, Henry Schenck
- Date: 1830-01-01
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MapMap and profile of the Gettysburg Rail Road as surveyed by order of the legislature of Pennsylvania, 1839. Survey map and profile of part of Pennsylvania and Maryland from Gettysburg to the Potomac River. Shows relief by hachures along the line, creeks, roads, cities and towns. Chartered on January 9, 1838; constructed December 1, 1858.
- Contributor: Campbell, Henry R. - Gettysburg Railroad
- Date: 1839-01-01
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CollectionRailroad Maps, 1828-1900 Contains 623 maps chosen from more than 3,000 railroad maps and about 2,000 regional, state, and county maps, and other maps which show "internal improvements" of the past century. The maps presented here are a selection from the Geography and Map Division holdings, based on the popular cartobibliography, Railroad Maps of the United States: A Selective Annotated Bibliography of Original 19th-century Maps in the...
- Contributor: Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - Library of Congress. Geography and Map Division
- Date: 1998
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MapMap of the route of the proposed New York & Erie Railroad, as surveyed in 1834, reduced from the plans as returned by Benjn. Wright, Civil Engineer, D. R. Harrison, sc. Shows New York state from Westchester County to Lake Erie, and part of northern Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The line was chartered on April 24, 1832. See entry 404.
- Contributor: Wright, Benjamin - New York and Erie Railroad Company
- Date: 1834-01-01
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MapMap of New Jersey and Pennsylvania exhibiting the post offices, post roads, canals, railroads, & c. Detailed map showing relief by hachures, drainage, township and county boundaries, cities and towns, canals, roads, and railroads. [From published bibliography]
- Contributor: Burr, David H.
- Date: 1839-01-01
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MapMap of New Jersey and Pennsylvania exhibiting the post offices, post roads, canals, rail roads, &c. Scale ca. 1:650,000. Relief shown by hachures. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2
- Contributor: Burr, David H.
- Date: 1839-01-01
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MapA map of part of Alabama & Florida, showing the route of the proposed Columbus & Pensacola Rail Road, accompanying the report of Major J. D. Graham, U.S. Topographical Engr. Feb. 6th, ... Map of southern Alabama and part of western Florida showing roads, cities, and drainage.
- Contributor: Columbus and Pensacola Railroad - Palmer, W. R. (William R.) - Graham, J. D. (James Duncan) - United States. General Land Office
- Date: 1836-01-01
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MapMap of the country embracing the various routes surveyed for the Western & Atlantic Rail Road of Georgia, under the direction of Lieut. Col. S. H. Long, Chief Engineer, 1837, U.S. Topographical ... Includes area from Chattahoochee River between Warsaw and Cambelltown, and west to the Tennessee boundary. Shows cities, townships, roads, drainage, and relief by hachures. The 138-mile route was opened in 1850.
- Contributor: Western and Atlantic Railroad Company - Cooper, J. F. - Arms, F. C.
- Date: 1837-01-01
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MapMap of the route of the proposed New York & Erie Railroad : as surveyed in 1834 Shows New York state from Westchester County to Lake Erie, and part of northern Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The line was chartered on April 24, 1832.
- Contributor: Wright, Benjamin - New York and Erie Railroad Company
- Date: 1834-01-01
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MapTopographical plan & profile of the Philadelphia and Reading Rail Road. J. Knight. Sc. Topographic strip map of part of Pennsylvania from Mahanoy Mountain along Schuylkill River to Philadelphia. The line was chartered on December 5, 1833, and was completed in 1839. The entire line was opened on July 13, 1842.
- Contributor: Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co - Osborne, R. B. (Richard Boyce)
- Date: 1838-01-01