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Library of Congress1855

New York and Erie Railroad diagram representing a plan of organization : exhibiting the division of academic duties and showing the number and class of employés engaged in each department : from the returns of September 1855

Company organizational diagrammatic map drawn in the form of a branching tree that identifies in its branches all of the functional offices of the railroad by name. Shows railroad trackage branches as straight lines radiating from the central office of the "Gen'l Sup't". The branches extend from New York (State) westward thru northern New Jersey and northern Pennsylvania to Lake Erie. "Published by permission." LC copy imperfect: Use-worn, brittle, fold-lined, torn, missing sections along the margins. LC copy annotated in ink handwriting in lower margin: 18[4?]. Deposited in Clerk's Office So. Dist. N.Y. May 30,1856. Includes text, note, legend of symbols, and statistical table of "Number of offices and employés classed". Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

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Library of Congress1854

Map of the village of West Flushing in the township of Newtown, Queens Co. Long Island, New York : comprising the parts laid out and described on sectional maps no. 1, 2, 3, and 4.

Cadastral map showing lot lines, lot numbers, lot/street dimensions, railroad line, and extant buildings. Railroad train shown pictorially. Imperfect: Wrinkled, fold-lined, torn at edges, foxed, annotated in pencil on verso: Map of West Flushing in the Town of Newton, Long Is. NYork, 18-4. Includes location map (inset): Relative position of West Flushing & New York. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

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Library of Congress1852

Colton's railroad & township map of the state of New York : with parts of the adjoining states & Canada

Relief shown by hachures. Hand colored to emphasize state boundaries and county areas. Prime meridian: Washington D.C. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1852 by J.H. Colton in ... the Southern Dist. of N. York." LC copy imperfect: Darkened on verso at fold lines, adhesive label affixed to cover. Signed in ink script on inside of cover: Millard Fillmore, July 26 1853. Includes population statistical table and embellished map border (flowers, berries, leaves, tendrils). Publisher's printed map list on inside of cover. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

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Library of Congress1848

Map of the Hudson River Rail Road from New York to Albany

Topographic strip map of the Hudson River Valley from Waterford to New York City, showing drainage, relief by hachures, county and township boundaries, cities and towns, roads and canals. Indicates the track of the Hudson River Railroad and the "line surveyed but not adopted." Chartered in 1846 and consolidated with New York Central Railroad. See entries 486-488.

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