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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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G. Woolworth Colton's railroad map of Illinois

Township map showing place names, counties, and the railroad system. At bottom of the map appear statements about the economic conditions of the state and its railroads.

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Lloyd's American railroad map

Covers area east of the Mississippi River. Omits most of Florida and northern Maine. Indicates "railroads in running order." [From published bibliography]

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A 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]

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Goldthwait's map of the United States, British Provinces, Mexico, Central America, W. India Is. &c., exhibiting the railroads with their distances, single and double tracks and width of gauge186198688330loc
G. Woolworth Colton's railroad, township & distance map of New England with adjacent portions of New York, Canada & New Brunswick186198688385loc
G. Woolworth Colton's railroad map of Illinois186198688465loc
Lloyd's American railroad map1861gm70005368loc
Colton's new railroad & county map of the United States and the Canadas &c186098688329loc
Johnson's new railroad & county copper plate map of the southern states from the latest and best information186098688406loc
Colton's map of the state of Indiana, compiled from the United States surveys & other authentic sources, exhibiting sections, fractional sections, railroads, canals &c186098688473loc
Barringtons new and reliable railroad map and shippers & travellers guide of Pennsylvania, Engrd. by Ths. Leonhardt, showing the name of every city, town and village in the state, with nearest rail road station186098688552loc
[Sketch map of northeastern Florida showing the Florida Railroad and proposed connections] Jan. 1860186098688658loc
Map of the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad and its connections published by the American Railway Review, New York186098688675loc
Map of the Shore Line Rail Road route between New York and Boston, showing its rail road and steamboat connection with New York, New Haven, New London, Stonington, Providence, Newport, and Boston186098688804loc
A map of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and its principal connecting lines uniting all parts of the East & West1860gm70002856loc
A map of the Virginia Central Railroad, west of the Blue Ridge, and the preliminary surveys, with a profile of the grades1860gm70002893loc
Railroad map of the eastern, western and northern states, and Canada, showing conspicuously the lines of communication between the ports of the Atlantic and the great west and north west185998688326loc
Isothermal chart of the region north of the 36th Parallel &c. &c. between the Atlantic & Pacific oceans; compiled under the direction of Isaac I. Stevens, Govnr. of Washington Territory185998688327loc
Road road route from Boston, Massachusetts to Chicago, Illinois185998688362loc
Johnson's new railroad and township copper-plate map of Illinois, Iowa, & Missouri, from the latest and best authorities185998688394loc
New & reliable rail road map, travellers edition, Western185998688395loc

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