Historical collections
Source-linked reports with geographic coverage including middle atlantic states.
Strip map of a surveyed line, showing distances in feet, from Philadelphia to Baltimore. The map indicates portions of rivers and streams, the road pattern, and important towns.
Map of the northeastern United States indicating stations along the completed railroad lines.
Map of New England, part of eastern Canada, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, most of Maryland, and part of Virginia. Shows drainage, some relief by hachures, place names, and state boundaries. "Names of rail roads which are designated by numbers on the annexed 'Plan of the New England States'" appear at the right of the map.
Detailed map of eastern Pennsylvania and parts of New York and New Jersey showing drainage, relief by hachures, state and county boundaries, cities, towns, and coal fields.
Map of an area between Philadelphia and Baltimore showing drainage, cities and towns, post roads, and boundaries. Chartered in Maryland in May, 1852. [From published bibliography].
Hand colored. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Includes "Distance" table. Scale ca. 1:220,000. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2: 110; 490/1; 650/2; 700/1; 700/2
Outline map of the middle Atlantic states showing existing routes and, in red, the advantages of the proposed Metropolitan Railroad connections. The state of Maryland authorized extension of this line to Cumberland in January 1853.
At end of title: Shewing its conections [sic] with other lines, & its importance in providing a direct communication between Philadelphia & the Lehigh, Delaware, Lackawanna, & Susquehanna Valleys, western New York, the Northern Lakes & Canada ... Includes lists of distances from Philadelphia and New York and "Comparisons of distances." Scale ca. 1:1,200,000. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy imperfect: some sections torn and missing along fold lines, hole in left center, section of right margin missing. LC copy distance lists annotated in blue ink. Source annotated in pencil on verso: From: Address of the committee appointed at a mass meeting ... 9th Oct. 1852. Phila. 1852. Brown's Steam power Book & Job Printing ... AACR2: 650; 610
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].
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.
Map of Pennsylvania and parts of adjacent states showing the railroad network, cities, towns, railroad stations, canals, and coal fields.
Detailed township and county map showing place names and some indication of drainage and relief.
Topographical map of part of the middle Atlantic region showing relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, counties, roads, turnpikes, railroads in operation, final location of lines, surveyed lines, and rejected lines.
Map covers the northeastern portion of the United States.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1848. From Doggett's Railroad Guide, New York, (1848), p. 56. Description derived from published bibliography. Scale ca. 1:3,000,000. LC Railroad maps, 75 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Lightly colored map on tracing linen showing western Pennsylvania, western Maryland, parts of Virginia and West Virginia and most of Ohio.
vcFY24 Relief shown by hachures. Covers Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and northern Virginia from the Allegheny Mountains to the Atlantic coast. Shows towns, rivers, and state boundary lines. Title supplied by cataloger. Pencil tracing. Mounted on cloth with annotations made in pencil on verso. B.O. R.R. ends at Harpers Ferry, Va. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Gift; Carroll Treenough Nov. 6, 1943
Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians: Washington and Greenwich. LC copy sectioned in 8 and mounted on cloth. Printed label on verso: no. 5, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia. LC Railroad maps, 70 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.