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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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MapMap showing the location of the Virginias Railway across the grand divisions of West Virginia and Virginia from the Ohio to Hampton Roads
Virginias Railway across the grand divisions of West Virginia and Virginia from the Ohio to Hampton Roads Shows iron ore locations. In upper right margin: No. 1. Copy imperfect: Annotated to show Guyandot area and mounted on cloth. Includes index to "Grand divisions of the Virginias" and inset. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.- Contributor: Norris Peters Co - Hotchkiss, Jedediah
- Date: 1896-01-01
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MapMap showing the Southern Maryland Railroad and its connections : north, south, east, and west Covers Maryland, eastern Virginia, Delmarva Peninsula, and southeastern Pennsylvania. Relief shown by hachures. Also shows shipping routes in Chesapeake Bay. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1881 by G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. in the Office of the Librarian of Congress in Washington." Hand col. in red to show Southern Maryland R.R. and in blue to show connecting lines and...
- Contributor: Southern Maryland Railroad - G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co
- Date: 1881-01-01
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MapMap of central Virginia showing proposed southern extension of the Shenandoah Valley R.R. from Waynesboro to Bonsack's Relief shown by form lines. Pen-and-ink and pencil, mounted on cloth. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H270 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
- Contributor: Hotchkiss, Jedediah
- Date: 1880-01-01
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MapTransportation lines of Chesapeake Bay serving the port of Baltimore MD Shows steamship lines, ferries, and railroads. Also covers Delmarva Peninsula. Annotated in ink handwriting in lower margin: From Port Series No. 16--1926. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes indexed "List of steamship lines".
- Contributor: United States. Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors - United States. Army. Corps of Engineers - Ritter, Alfred H. (Alfred Hotchkiss)
- Date: 1926-01-01
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MapMap showing the location of the Virginias Railway across the grand divisions of West Virginia and Virginia from the Ohio to Hampton Roads
Virginias Railway across the grand divisions of West Virginia and Virginia from the Ohio to Hampton Roads Copy imperfect: Annotated to show distances from Richmond, certain railways traced in red, and in green sites of Civil War battles of 1861 in W. Va. and mounted on cloth. Includes inset. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.- Contributor: Norris Peters Co - Hotchkiss, Jedediah
- Date: 1896-01-01
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MapMap showing the projected route of the Potomac and Ohio Railway. Middle Atlantic area showing drainage, cities and towns, county boundaries, coal in West Virginia and the railroads with emphasis on the main line. Incorporated by the West Virginia legislature, 1867-68.
- Contributor: G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co - Potomac and Ohio Railway
- Date: 1874-01-01
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MapMap showing the war operations, in Virginia & Maryland. Scale not given. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 449 Indicates railroads, principal towns, and a few batteries. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
- Contributor: Bufford, John Henry
- Date: 1861-01-01
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MapRailway map of Virginia and West Virginia
Map showing the location of Lynchburg, Virginia Shows railways in Virginia and West Virginia, counties, towns and drainage. Relief shown by hachures. Copy imperfect: Annotated in red, major losses in center of map, and mounted on cloth. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.- Contributor: Hotchkiss, Jedediah - A. Hoen & Co
- Date: 1887-01-01
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MapMap showing proposed routes of the Richmond and Southwest Railway. Base map: Hotchkiss' Geological Map of Virginia and West Virginia, the Geology by Prof. William B. Rogers, chiefly from the Virginia State Survey, 1835-41, "With later oservations in some parts.' In pencil on verso: Geological, Va. ... [illegible] and red & white sticker: 138. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
- Contributor: Hotchkiss, Jedediah
- Date: 1875-01-01
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MapProfile, Royal Land Co. R.R.
Profile, Royal Land Company Railroad Shows mineral deposits from Matthias' Point to Briery Branch Gap, Virginia. Pen-and-ink, pencil (some col.), and crayon on 2 sheets pasted together, mounted on cloth. "Scale 50 horizontal to 2 vertical." LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H268 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image. In pencil in upper right corner: No. 2. In pencil on verso: 330 crossed...- Contributor: Braxton, Carter M. - Royal Land Company
- Date: 1880-01-01
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MapRailroads in Virginia and part of North Carolina, drawn and engraved for Doggett's Railroad Guide & Gazetteer. Shows rail connections between Harpers Ferry and Winchester, Acquia Creek to Rocky Mount and Huntsville, N.C., and a line from Gosport to Newsons Depot.
- Contributor: Doggett, John
- Date: 1848-01-01
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MapTransportation map of Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia. Scale ca. 1:1,457,280; 1 in. represents approx. 23 miles. Shows transportation zones, trackage rights, principal stations, distances between rail intersections, major U.S., Interstate, and State highways, and navigable waterways. Includes "Index to railroads." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2
- Contributor: Geological Survey (U.S.) - United States. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Policy and Program Development
- Date: 1976-01-01
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MapMap showing the Fredericksburg & Gordonsville Rail Road of Virginia, leading from Fredericksburg, via Orange C.H., to Charlottesville, where it connects with the Chesapeake & Ohio R.R. and the extension of the ... Maps of the middle Atlantic states showing relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, canals, roads, and railroads, with emphasis on the main lines. Includes a list of distances for "Short Cut to Tide-Water..." Chartered March 1, 1853. Name changed in 1876 to the Potomac, Fredericksburg, and Piedmonth Railroad. See entry 541.
- Contributor: G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co - Fredericksburg and Gordonsville Railroad
- Date: 1869-01-01
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MapMap of the Manassas Gap Railroad and its extensions; September, 1855. Topographical map of part of northern Virginia showing relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, counties, roads, and railroads with distances. Includes profiles. Chartered March 11, 1850. Opened in 1854 from Manassas Junction to Strasburg. Va. Consolidated June 1, 1867, with the Orange and Alexandria, forming the Orange, Alexandria, and Manassas Railroad. See entries 507 and 508.
- Contributor: Manassas Gap Railroad Company - Dwyer, Thomas
- Date: 1855-01-01
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MapMap showing the West Virginia Midland Railway and its connections. Map of West Virginia showing relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, and the railroad network with emphasis on the main line.
- Contributor: West Virginia Midland Railroad - G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co
- Date: 1883-01-01
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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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MapMap of eastern Virginia Shows railroads and radial distances from Richmond. Also covers parts of Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. Relief shown by hachures. Inscribed in pencil inside front cover: Geo. W. Lay to Genl. Beauregard. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 465.35 LC copy imperfect: Worm holes on left side of map. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
- Contributor: U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey - Krebs, Charles G. - Nicholson, W. L. - W.H. & O.H. Morrison (Firm) - Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas)
- Date: 1862-01-01
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MapMap of Alexandria, Fairfax, Prince William, Stafford, and portions of the adjacent county's [sic]. Scale ca. 1:126,720. Manuscript; pen-and-ink, pencil, and watercolor. Imperfect: Lacks sections of margin. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Relief shown by shading and hachures. Shows routes of the Manassas Gap, the Orange and Alexandria, and the Alexandria, Loudoun, and Hampshire railroads. Stephenson. Cartography of northern Virginia pl. 37 Described in LC Information bulletin, v. 39, no. 15, Apr. 11, 1980, p. 122....
- Contributor: [Blythe, Washington]
- Date: 1860-01-01
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MapA map of the Virginia Central Railroad, west of the Blue Ridge, and the preliminary surveys, with a profile of the grades. Detailed topographic map between Waynesboro and Covington showing relief by hachures, drainage, county roads and turnpikes, railroad lines, and "preliminary lines," county names, and boundaries. Distances are indicated at lower right of map. Consolidated in 1868 into the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. See entry 365. [From published bibliography]
- Contributor: Citti, L. F.
- Date: 1860-01-01
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MapPotomac, Fredericksburg, & Piedmont R.R. from Fredg., to O.C.H. 38 miles, by C. M. Braxton, Sketch map of part of Virginia from Fredericksburg to Orange Court House. Shows relief by form lines, drainage, cities and towns, and the line of survey in red. Chartered as the Fredericksburg and Gordonsville Rail Road. See entry 412.
- Contributor: Potomac, Fredericksburg, and Piedmont Railroad - Hotchkiss, Jedediah
- Date: 1876-01-01
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MapRoute of the New River R.R., 188-. Sketch map of part of West Virginia. Dashed red line across the map indicates the "Proposed New River R.R." Shows counties and names the line of railroads.
- Contributor: Hotchkiss, Jedediah - New River Railroad Company
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MapExperimental survey for the Eastern Shore Rail Road, Maryland, drawn by W. H. Emory & J. McClelland Asst. Civ. Engs., made under the direction of James Kearney. Survey map along route of line covering strip of land in Maryland from Elk Landing to Tangier Sound. Shows streams, fields, land owners, roads, and the "lines run with compass & level, Lines run with compass." The line was chartered in 1853, organized in 1859, and the first section of road completed in 1860.
- Contributor: Emory, William H. (William Hemsley) - Eastern Shore Railroad - Kearney, James - McClelland, J.
- Date: 1853-01-01
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MapSouth western Virginia and environs : Big Stone Gap, Va., coal, iron & rail roads Scale ca. 1:950,000. Relief shown by hachures. Reference meridians: Washington and Greenwich. Stamped on LC copy: Rogersville. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2
- Contributor: Big Stone Gap Improvement Co - Nader, J.
- Date: 1892-01-01
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MapMap and profile of the Orange and Alexandria Rail Road with its Warrenton Branch and a portion of the Manasses [sic] Gap Rail Road, to show its point of connection. Printed topographic strip map with manuscript annotations to show the geologic structure along the route of the railroad. The Alexandria and the Chesapeake and Ohio canals and stage stable for horses used on the Piedmont stage route to North Carolina are also indicated. The Orange and Alexandria Railroad Company was founded in 1848 to divert hinterland products away from Baltimore and Richmond to Alexandria,...
- Contributor: Faul, August - Orange and Alexandria Railroad Company
- Date: 1854-01-01