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]
Contributor Names
Blackford, W. W. (William Willis), 1831-1905.
Ritchie & Dunnavant.
Created / Published
Richmond, lith of Ritchie & Dunnavant, 1856.
Subject 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."
-  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
-  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
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3881p.rr005990
Library of Congress Control Number
gm72003016
Online Format
image
Description
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]
LCCN Permalink
https://lccn.loc.gov/gm72003016
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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, https://www.loc.gov/item/gm72003016/. (Accessed July 29, 2017.)

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/.

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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, <https://www.loc.gov/item/gm72003016/>.