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railroad maps, 1828-1900

railroad maps, 1828-1900: explore 358 source-linked works published from 1834 to 1900, with original documents and citations.

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Map showing the Sodus Point & Southern Railroad and its connections

Map of the northeastern United States showing drainage, cities and towns, county boundaries, coal in Pennsylvania, and the railroad network with emphasis on the main line. Chartered in 1852. Reorganized in 1875 with the Geneva, Hornellsville, and Pine Creek Railroad. In 1882 became the Sodus Bay and Southern Railroad. See Entry 415.

pennsylvania

Map showing the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad, and its connections

Advertising map covering Michigan and vicinity. Shows drainage, cities and towns, railroad land grant, and the railroad network emphasizing the main line. Information on bond sale by Winslow, Lanier & Co., N.Y., on the verso. Under construction by Continental Improvement Company, George W. Cass, President.

middle west

Map of the country tributary to the Northern Pacific Railroad, compiled from English, Canadian, and American official sources and original surveys by Edward H. Knight, Jan. 1st 1871

Map of northwest part of United States and southwest part of Canada showing relief by hachures, drainage, isotherms, the wheat region, cities and towns, forts, routes and trails, the railroad network and the proposed Northern Pacific Railroad. The line was constructed under an act of Congress approved by Abraham Lincoln, July 2, 1864. It was completed in 1883 and approximates the route of exploration taken by Lewis and Clark in 1804-06.

canada

Map showing the line of the Plymouth, Kankakee, & Pacific Railroad and its connections

Map of the middle Atlantic and midwestern states showing drainage, cities and towns, township and county boundaries, and the railroad network. This is the Indiana portion of a projected railroad from Plymouth, Ind., on the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne, and Chicago Railroad, to Bureau Junction, on the Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad.

railroads

Map showing the Port Royal Railroad and its connections

Map of the southeastern United States showing drainage, cities and towns, township and county boundaries, and the railroad network. In 1871 the line was in progress of completion. One of Colton's typical maps published for an individual railroad company to promote industry and settlement in rich mining or agricultural areas. (Entry 533)

united states
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Map showing the line of the Louisville, New Albany, and St. Louis Air Line Railroad and its connections187298688702loc
Map showing the line of the Savannah & Memphis Railroad and its connections187298688798loc
Map showing the Sodus Point & Southern Railroad and its connections187298688805loc
Colton's railroad & commercial map of the United States and Canada; compiled, engraved and published by G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. 1871187198688336loc
Railroad and post office map of Minnesota and Wisconsin187198688399loc
Map showing the line of the Cairo & Fulton Railroad and its connections187198688610loc
Map showing the line of the Connecticut & Western Railroad and its connections187198688641loc
Map showing the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad, and its connections187198688669loc
Map showing location of lands belonging to the Iowa Rail Road Land Company Iowa Falls, and Sioux City R.R. Land Company Sioux City, and Pacific Land Company & Elkhorn Land Company, J. T. McAlvin, Del. I.R.R. Land Department, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1871187198688687loc
Map of the Marietta and Pittsburgh Railroad and its connections187198688707loc
Map showing the route of the Mobile & North Western Railroad, and its connections by land and sea; Henry Van Vleck chief engineer187198688721loc
Map of the country tributary to the Northern Pacific Railroad, compiled from English, Canadian, and American official sources and original surveys by Edward H. Knight, Jan. 1st 1871187198688747loc
Railroad map of Pennsylvania Company showing the Pennsylvania Railroad, Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railway, and their connecting eastern and western lines187198688764loc
Map of the Philadelphia and Erie Railway, branches and connecting lines187198688771loc
Map showing the line of the Plymouth, Kankakee, & Pacific Railroad and its connections187198688781loc
Colton's railroad map (intermediate size) of the United States reduced from "Colton's railroad and commercial map of the United States."187098688335loc
Map of the proposed railroad trust companies of Massachusetts and their connections187098688368loc
Map showing the Port Royal Railroad and its connections187098688782loc

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