Search Library of CongressSearch

subject

united states

united states: explore 804 source-linked works published from 1635 to 2020, with original documents and citations.

This collection is a preview while coverage and quality are evaluated.

Search within this collection

Coverage and selection

Includes records with this source-supplied label or an explicit phrase match in their metadata. Matches indicate a mention, not proof that a paper uses a method or tests a material. Source versions are consolidated by DOI.

Sources: loc. Collection updated 2026-09-15. Counts describe this index, not the complete source archives.

Map of the Philadelphia, Easton & Water Gap Rail Road

Outline map of the northeastern United States showing drainage, cities and towns, and the railroad network. Chartered April 8, 1852. Name changed to North Pennsylvania Rail Road. See entry 496. [From published bibliography].

united states

Map of the proposed line of Rail Road connection between tide water Virginia and the Ohio River at Guyandotte, Parkersburg and Wheeling

Description derived from published bibliography. Annotations added in pencil and colored inks to indicate "Railroads tending to Richmond, Norfolk Alexandria and Baltimore," and the "proposed extension of the Manassas Gap Railroad west . . . Sep. 1852." Scale ca. 1:625,000. LC Railroad maps, 81 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

united states

Railroad map of Indiana

Shows counties and county seats. A projected railroad is shown between Crawfordville and Gosport, and from Bloomington to Bedford. The "Easter Line of Coal Formation" is shown.

united states

Map representing the route of the Philada. & Erie Rail Road its connections and the mineral lands in its vicinity

Detailed map of Pennsylvania and parts of adjacent states indicating major drainage, relief by hachures, state boundaries, county boundaries in Pennsylvania, and major cities. Canals and railroads are annotated in colors. Chartered under the name Sunbury and Erie Railroad on April 3, 1837. Name changed in 1861 to the above. See also entries 571-573.

pennsylvania

Map of the Virginia Central R.R. and its proposed connections

Outline map of the eastern portion of the United States showing the proposed and completed railroad network, and indicating, in red and blue, the main connections to the Virginia Central R. R. The line became a part of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad in 1868. See entry 365.

virginia central railroad company

Skeleton map of rail-roads between Cape Canso and St. Louis,

Shows railroads in operation or under construction and projected railroads in the northeastern United States and part of Canada.. Includes distance chart and insets "Map of rail roads in Massachusetts" and "Boston harbor & rail road termini." Scale ca. 1:3,375,000. LC Railroad maps, 79 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Same as G3711.P3 1851 .B6 (81-692879) AACR2

railroads
Compare source metadata on this page
WorkPublishedSource identifierSource
Map of the Philadelphia, Easton & Water Gap Rail Road185276695095loc
Colton's railroad & township map of the State of Maine, with portions of New Hampshire, New Brunswick & Canada185278692904loc
Map of the United States in part and Canada, showing all the canals, railroads, navigable rivers &c185298688312loc
Map of the proposed line of Rail Road connection between tide water Virginia and the Ohio River at Guyandotte, Parkersburg and Wheeling185298688356loc
Colton's railroad & township map of New England with portions of the state of New York, the British provinces &c185298688382loc
Railroad map of Indiana185298688471loc
Map of the Bellefontaine and Indiana Railroad and connecting lines185298688598loc
Map of Chicago & Rock Island, Peoria and Bureau Valley, and Mississippi & Missouri railroads; with their connections to New York185298688622loc
Hillsborough & Cincinnati Rail-road map extending from Hillsborough, Highland Co. to the coal field at Jackson, Jackson Co. Ohio; as located in 1852 under the direction of Ellwood Morris, Chief Engr. N. F. Jones, Princ. Assist. Eng185298688678loc
Map representing the route of the Philada. & Erie Rail Road its connections and the mineral lands in its vicinity185298688769loc
Map of a railroad route from Phoenixville to Pinegrove185298688777loc
Map and profile of the Sunbury route Susqua. Rail Road from the terminus of York & Cumberland Railway to Williamsport Pennsa. showing its connection with the great southern anthracite coal fields; 1st by the Dauphin & Susqa. Rail Road, 2d by the Lykins Valley Rail Road, 3d by the Treverton Rail Road, 4th by the Shamokin Rail Road, surveyed by Geo. P. Worcester, Civ. Engr. and the Williamsport and Elmira Route surveyed under the directions of Maj. Hartman Bache Topog. Engr. U.S.A., by Geo. P. Worcester Civ. Engr. for Balto. & Susqua. R.R.185298688815loc
Map of the Virginia Central R.R. and its proposed connections185298688842loc
Map of the railroads in the United States in operation and progress : to accompany a report from the Treasury Department1852gm72003014loc
Map of the western railroads tributary to Philadelphia, with their rival lines; prepared under the direction of Charles Ellet Jr., Civil Engineer185198688355loc
Map of Pennsylvania Railroad with its connections, showing the different routes, projected or constructed between the seaboard & the western states185198688762loc
Skeleton map of rail-roads between Cape Canso and St. Louis,1851gm70002892loc
Disturnell's new map of the United States and Canada showing all the canals, rail roads, telegraph lines and principal stage routes1851gm70005366loc

These are bibliographic comparisons, not experimental rankings. Follow the original document for methods and conditions.