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Map of the northern United States showing cities and towns and the railroad network with emphasis on the main line. This line was chartered in 1830 and opened in 1835. In 1841 a second track was laid.
Maps of southern United States. Main map covers Floria and vicinity and indicates drainage, cities and towns, township and county boundaries, railroads, and the land grant in central Florida. General map shows connections to southern and Gulf states.
Shows midwestern states with drainage, cities and towns, township and county boundaries, and the railroad network with emphasis on the main line. Consolidated October 8, 1868.
Map of northwest Georgia from Atlanta north to Chattanooga, Tenn., showing location and date of battles, railroads, principal roads, towns, rivers, and relief by hachures.
LC copy imperfect, lower right quarter of map missing. LC also has 1853 and 1854 editions. Description derived from published bibliography. Scale 1:570,240. LC Railroad maps, 107 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Signed in ms: "Millard Fillmore 1862." Description derived from published bibliography. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 29 LC Railroad maps, 138 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault
Map of parts of New England and New York showing the railroad network and the progress of track construction along the Portland and Ogdensburg Railroad line. A reference table in the upper left of the map provides a key to 36 townships in Vermont.
Relief shown by hachures. Shows main auto roads in the United States. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Map covers the northeastern portion of the United States.
Bird's-eye view drawn to resemble a block diagram. "*GPO: 1994--301-085/80169. Reprint 1994." Relief shown by shading. Panel title. Title at top: Crossing a mountain. Includes text, index of inclines, and ill. (some col.). Text, small map of site, and col. ill. on verso. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Shows relief by hachures, drainage, counties, cities and towns, roads, and the railroads with names along the lines. Title from cover.
Outline map of the United States showing drainage, state boundaries, major cities, and names of states, with state population figures. Western states show topography by hachures. Some major rail lines are shown in the northeastern states. Besides the "Northern Route" the map also indicates four more southerly proposed routes west of the Mississippi River.
Detailed map of part of the middle Atlantic region showing drainage, cities and towns, counties, canals, roads, and the railroad network, with proposed extensions of lines.
Map of the South Carolina tidewater area between Charleston and Savannah, Ga. "The red line represents the located line; the blue lines represent some of the principal experimental lines." Chartered December 20, 1853. Reorganized in 1866 as the Savannah and Charleston Railroad.
Outline map of southwest Texas and part of Mexico showing relief by hachures, drainage, and major cities and towns.
County and township map of Alabama and vicinity showing drainage, cities and towns, and main railroads in heavy lines. Chartered in 1848. Reorganized in 1866 under title of Selma, Rome, and Dalton Railroad.
Outline sketch map of the United States west of the Mississippi River designed to show the relationship of the proposed railroad routes. First edition of the map appears in U.S. War Department, Report of the Secretary...Communicating the Several Pacific Railroad Explorations (Washington, 1855). [From published bibliography]
"12859 2-54." Includes inset of "Peking and adjacent area." "GPO-SSO-1930." LC copy mounted on cloth and laminated. LC copy stamped on: 687. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.