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Library of Congress1890

Real estate map of the Metropolitan Branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company between Washington, D.C., and Rockville, Md., and adjacent land holdings : from latest official authorities & actual surveys

Partial cadastral map showing owners' names and acreages of larger landholdings in districts adjacent to the B&O R.R. in Washington D.C. and Montgomery County (Md.). "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1890 by Francis R. Fava Jr. in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington." North oriented towards the upper left. Includes notes, "Profile of the Metropolitan Branch B. & O.R.R. ... showing distances from Washington D.C. and elevations," and advertisement for "T. Janney Brown, general agent." LC copy stamped on verso--"Gilbert Thompson." Sectioned in 4 sheets and mounted on 2 sheets of cloth. Annotated in ink--"With the compliments of Francis R. Fava Jr. C.E., January 1892." LC Railroad maps, 461 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. DCP

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Library of Congress1889

Map of the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Ry.; and connections

Map of United States showing major relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, railroad stations, the railroad network, with emphasis on Tennessee. Names of railroads along the lines are indicated. This line was first chartered under Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad on December 11, 1845. Its present name dates from 1873.

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Library of Congress1888

Map of Alabama

Shows drainage, township and county boundaries, cities and towns, and the railroad network in colored lines.

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Library of Congress1887

Railroad and county map of Arizona

Shows relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, townships and counties, roads, and unfinished railroads. Includes index on the verso.

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Library of Congress1887

Map of the rail roads of New Jersey 1887

Township and county map showing drainage, cities and towns, and the railroad system with names. A table of railroads by system is in the lower right of map.

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Real estate map of the Metropolitan Branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company between Washington, D.C., and Rockville, Md., and adjacent land holdings : from latest official authorities & actual surveys189091680470loc
Railroad map of Ohio published by the State. 1890. Prepared by J. A. Norton, commissioner of railroads & telegraphs. Copyright by H. B. Stranahan189098688544loc
Map of the Boston & Lowell R.R. system with its principal connections189098688600loc
Map showing the Delaware and North River Railroad and its connections between Kingston, Port Jarvis and Stroudsburg189098688648loc
Matthews, Northrup & Co's official railroad map of the United States, Dominion of Canada and Mexico perfected to date from latest authentic sources1890gm71000843loc
Map showing the location of the Flat-Top Coal Field and present and proposed railroads188998688371loc
Preliminary map of Kentucky 1891. Prepared for the Kentucky railroad commissioners by the Kentucky Geological Survey, John R. Procter, Director188998688487loc
Map of the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Ry.; and connections188998688723loc
Map of the Pennsylvania Railroad and its connections188998688765loc
Map of Alabama188898688441loc
Railroad commissioner's map of Mississippi188898688503loc
New enlarged scale railroad and county map of Tennessee showing every railroad station and post office in the state, 1888188898688560loc
Cram's township and railroad map of Washington188898688568loc
Lancaster, with its rail road connections : 188718872004627700loc
Railroad and county map of Arizona188798688444loc
Map of the rail roads of New Jersey 1887188798688516loc
Railroad map of Ohio published by the State, prepared by commissioner of railroads & telegraphs188798688543loc
Map showing the Albemarle & Pantego Railroad and its connections188798688574loc

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