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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, showing the whole seat of the war

On verso: Lloyd's American railroad weekly, vol. 2, no. 8, October 5, 1861. Includes an adverstisement in the upper right corner for "Lloyd's great military map of the fifteen southern states" and advertisements below the map title for " Description derived from published bibliography. Scale ca. 1:1,900,800. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 14.1 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.

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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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Lloyd's American railroad map, showing the whole seat of the war

Hand colored. Includes illus., "Time dial," and inset of "Map of Escambia & Santa Rosa Cos., Fl. showing Pensacola harbor and channel, Ft. Pickens, Ft. McRae, Bragg's batteries and the position of the U.S. fleet now before the harbor." On verso: Lloyd's American railroad weekly, vol. 1, no. 51, July 6, 1861. Scale ca. 1:1,900,800. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.) 14 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2

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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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Lloyd's American railroad map of the United States, showing the three proposed roads and the overland mail route to the Pacific

Relief shown by hachures. "Drawn & engraved at Rae Smith's, 71 Nassau St., N.Y. from materials furnished to the 36th Congress, March 1859 by G.K. Warren, Lt. U.S. Top. Eng. for the passage of the Pacific Railroad Bill." "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1859 by J.T. Lloyd in the clerk's office of the District Court of the United States ..." Includes portraits of 12 railroad presidents and advertisements. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy imperfect: Tears in right and left margins, mended with tape. Water stains in left margin. Vault

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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
[Map of the country between Fredericksburg and Richmond, Virginia, showing roads, railroads, and some place names]186199445480loc
[Map of part of Fairfax County, Virginia, south of the city of Alexandria and the Orange and Alexandria Railroad]186199446519loc
Lloyd's American railroad map, showing the whole seat of the war186199447034loc
Lloyd's American railroad map1861gm70005368loc
Lloyd's American railroad map, showing the whole seat of the war1861gm70005369loc
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
Lloyd's American railroad map of the United States, showing the three proposed roads and the overland mail route to the Pacific185990681024loc
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

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