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Map of the projected railway from Harrisburg to Pittsburg [sic], with proposed extension to Cleveland, Wooster, Sandusky, Toledo, Cincinnati; Michigan City, Chicago, Galena, Rock Island, St. Louis, &a; in connection with the public works of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois

Covers area between Massachusetts and Virginia and west to the Mississippi River. Shows "finished" and "proposed" railroads. A mileage chart entitled "Rail Road Routes from Seaboard to the Interior" appears at lower right of map. Harrisburg to Pittsburgh Railroad is part of the Pennsylvania Railroad. See entry 517.

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Route of the New River R.R., 188-

Sketch map of part of West Virginia. Dashed red line across the map indicates the "Proposed New River R.R." Shows counties and names the line of railroads.

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Map showing the N.E. & S.W. Alabama R.R. with its connections also the principal routes between New York and New Orleans

Outline map of the eastern United states including Cuba and the Gulf of Mexico. Shows the railroad network and steamship routes. Indicates the railroad land grant and the coal and iron deposits in Alabama. Distances from Washington, D.C., to New Orleans, La. are shown below the title. Chartered in 1853 and 1854. Consolidated with the Wills Valley Railroad, forming the Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad.

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Map of Peru and Indianapolis Rail Road with connections

Outline map with colored state boundaries of the northeastern and north-central United States indicating larger cities. Shows "finished," "in progress of construction," and "contemplated" railroads. Chartered in 1846 with first section opened in 1851.

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Map of the Portland and Ogdensburg Rail Road line, and connections

Map of parts of New England and New York showing the railroad network and the progress of track construction along the Portland and Ogdensburg Railroad line. A reference table in the upper left of the map provides a key to 36 townships in Vermont.

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Map of the Williamsport and Elmira Railroad with its connections

The map covers parts of New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland. Indicates counties and major cities. Chartered on June 9, 1832. Opened to traffic in 1854. Name changed in 1860 to Elmira and Williamsport Railroad.

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Map of the Wisconsin Central Line and connections

Map of the western United States framed in border giving major stations along the route and a shippers guide. Shows relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, state boundaries, and the railroad network with named lines. The main line emphasized in heavy black.

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Map of the projected railway from Harrisburg to Pittsburg [sic], with proposed extension to Cleveland, Wooster, Sandusky, Toledo, Cincinnati; Michigan City, Chicago, Galena, Rock Island, St. Louis, &a; in connection with the public works of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and IllinoisNot supplied98688677loc
Route of the New River R.R., 188-Not supplied98688730loc
Map showing the N.E. & S.W. Alabama R.R. with its connections also the principal routes between New York and New OrleansNot supplied98688742loc
Map of Peru and Indianapolis Rail Road with connectionsNot supplied98688768loc
Map of the Philadelphia, Wilmington, & Baltimore Railroad shewing [sic] its connectionsNot supplied98688775loc
Map of the Portland and Ogdensburg Rail Road line, and connectionsNot supplied98688783loc
Map of the Rabun Gap Rail Road route showing its connection with other roads finished, in progress & contemplatedNot supplied98688786loc
Map of the Reading & Columbia Rail Road connecting New York via the Jersey Central, Reading and Columbia, with Baltimore and Washington, together with Western R.R. connections to Wheeling and Pittsburg [sic]; compiled by S. P. KaseNot supplied98688787loc
Map of Royal Land Company's railroad (narrow gauge) from their anthracite coal fields to deep waterNot supplied98688793loc
Map of Terre Haute and Richmond Rail Road and connecting linesNot supplied98688819loc
Map of the Williamsport and Elmira Railroad with its connectionsNot supplied98688858loc
Map of the Wisconsin Central Line and connectionsNot supplied98688860loc

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