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Library of Congress1851

Map of the Tehuantepec Railroad : from Jaltipec river to Boca del Monte

A proposed railroad route across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Also shows alternative routes, roads, streams, and settlements. Relief shown pictorially and by contours and spot heights. Manuscript: Pencil, pen-and-ink (black and red) and watercolors. Handwritten note attached on looseleaf paper In top left corner: Tehuantepec Railway Company. Map of the Tehuantepec Railroad from Jaltipec river to Boca del Monte, 1851. [anon. Ms.] fold. 35 x 139, [n.p. 1851]. Accompanied by six manuscript sheets of an unidentified sketch map of a segment related to the railroad showing a large stream containing what appear to be soundings. Sketch map contains information relevant to the river portion of the proposed combined rail-water route across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, filed separately G4412.T2 Imperfect: Fragile, discoloration, staining, and torn at sheet edges. LC Luso-Hispanic World, 544 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

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Library of Congress1853

Map of the Cairo & Fulton Railroad exhibiting the principal tributary lines as projected and its connections with other railroads west of the Mississippi River, which unite with the Missouri Pacific Railroad, and south projected Pacific Railroad via Elpaso [sic] to the Pacific Ocean, showing also the connection by rail road of the cities of New Orleans & St. Louis. Little Rock, Ark. Sep. 1853

Map showing Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, and part of Texas. Shows drainage, cities and towns, and state boundaries, west of the Mississippi River. The adjoining area east of the Mississippi River shows only the rail network. The map indicates proposed, surveyed, located, and completed rail lines. Chartered in Arkansas in 1853 and in Missouri in 1854.

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Library of Congress1865

Map showing the different routes surveyed for the Union Pacific Rail Road between the Missouri River and the Platte Valley,

"President Abraham Lincoln signed the Pacific Railroad Act into law on July 1, 1862. The act gave two companies, the Union Pacific Railroad and the Central Pacific Railroad, responsibility for completing the transcontinental railroad. The Union Pacific was to lay track westward from a point near Omaha, Nebraska, toward Ogden, Utah; the Central Pacific was to build eastward from Sacramento, California. The Union Pacific began construction on December 2, 1863. This map, submitted to Secretary of Interior James Harlan on September 18, 1865, by Lieutenant Colonel J.H. Simpson of the Army Corps of Engineers, shows the different routes between the Missouri River and the Platte Valley in Nebraska surveyed for the Union Pacific. Based on a map submitted by Silas Seymour, consulting engineer to the Union Pacific, the map shows five alternative routes with probable connections to existing railroads. Also shown are relief by hachures, county boundaries, drainage, vegetation, and roads. Nebraska was at this time a territory; it became the 37th state on March 1, 1867. Under the authorizing legislation, the railroad was not to have grades or curves exceeding the maximums on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, the first U.S. railroad to cross the Appalachians. This profile shows the careful attention paid by the engineers to the steepness of the grades on alternative routes considered for the line. The horizontal scale shown is one mile to one inch (1.61 kilometers to 2.54 centimeters), and the vertical scale is 60 feet to one inch (18.28 meters to 2.54 centimeters). The profile accompanied a topographic map showing five different routes between the Missouri River and the Platte Valley in Nebraska, which was part of a report submitted to Secretary of Interior James Harlan by Lieutenant Colonel J.H. Simpson of the Army Corps of Engineers." World Digital Library. Detailed map of Nebraska showing relief by hachures, drainage, vegetation, roads, and railroads.

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Library of CongressDate not supplied

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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Library of Congress1862

Lloyd's map of the lower Mississippi River from St. Louis to the Gulf of Mexico; compiled from Government surveys in the Topographical Bureau, Washington, D.C.

Signed in ms: "Milliard Fillmore, March 9, 1863." Another edition. 4 sheets, each 48 x 66 cm. dated 1863. Stephenson, no. 41. Description derived from published bibliography. "Exhibiting the sugar and cotton plantations, cities, towns, landings, sand bars, islands, bluffs, bayous, cut-offs, the steamboat channel, mileage, fortifications, railroads, &c. along the river." LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 28 LC Railroad maps, 139 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault

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Library of Congress1864

Richmond and York River Railroad

"Sketch from the Confederate Engineer Bureau in Richmond, Va. General J.F. Gilmer, Chief Engineer[.] Presented to the Virginia Historical Society by his only daughter, Mrs. J.F. Minis, Sav[ana]h, Ga."--Note on map. Extends from Richmond west to West Point. Also shows the course of the Pamunkey River. Forms part of the Gilmer Map Collection. Relief shown by hachures. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image. Gift of Mrs. Louisa Porter (Gilmer) Minis (i.e., Mrs. J. F. Minis), Savannah, Ga., in 1911. Manuscripts o.s.

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Library of Congress1881

Image 2 of The river press (Fort Benton, Mont.), January 5, 1881

MUTANTER Cool and palmshaded from the torrid heat The young brown tenor puts his singing by And sets the twin pipe to his lips to try Some air of bulrushglooms where lovers meet 0 swart musician time and fame are fleet Brief all delight and youths feet fain to fly Pipe on in peace Tomorrow must we die What matter in our life today be sweet Soon soon the silver paper reeds that sigh Along the Sacred River will repeat The echo of the darksoled bearers feet Who carry you with wailing where must lie Your swathed and withere body by and by In perfumed darknesswith the grains of wheat THE NEWSPAPER The Editors Sanctum Fits t After the Church Says The Rev Robt Uollyer The steam engine does no days work so marvelous in its whole result as that which is done by the steam printing press the wire flashes no such weight of interest the railroad carries no such freight as the last edition while the artist has no such opening as this that transfers work at once to the block and then sends the picture flying into the hearts and brains of a million men As the

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Library of CongressDate not supplied

[Map of parts of Caroline, Hanover, and Henrico counties, Va., west of the Mattaponi River and the Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad]

Shows the names of some residents, some of the outer fortifications of Richmond and those along the railroad north of the South Anna River. Date, title, and scale from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Pen-and-ink, mounted on cloth. Imperfect: staining on the lower right section of the sheet. Library of Congress. Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H25 LC Land ownership maps, 1233 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.

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Library of Congress1858

Map of the territory of the United States from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean; ordered by Jeff'n Davis, Secretary of War to accompany the reports of the explorations for a railroad route

Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Shows Indian tribal locations, military posts, and routes and dates of expeditions and surveys. Includes "Authorities." Scale 1:3,000,000. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Exhibition: Exhibited: Rivers, edens, empires: Lewis & Clark and the revealing of America, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., July 24-Nov. 29, 2003. LC copy annotated in color and black ink to show boundaries, place names, base lines, proposed Indian reservations and Indian land cessions. Vault AACR2

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Library of CongressDate not supplied

Suwannee River Land Belt : offered by the Land Department of the Live Oak, Perry & Gulf Railroad Company, Live Oak, Fla

Cadastral map showing 40-acre parcels of property being offered for sale by Live Oak, Perry & Gulf Railroad Company; these parcels are represented by the very small squares. Covers Lafayette County and parts of adjoining counties. Map of northeastern Florida showing "Suwannee River Land Belt, Suwannee, Taylor, Lafayette, and Jefferson counties, as traversed by the Live Oak, Perry & Gulf Railroad Co." on verso. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Gift; Russell Tedder; Dec. 1997. LC copy annotated in red ink to show underscored word "open" at various locations on map. LC copy imperfect: Brittle and torn along edges. Acquisitions control no. 98-19

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Library of Congress1855

From the valley of Green River to the Great Salt Lake

At head of title: Route near the 41st Parallel. Map no. 1. Relief shown by hachures. From U.S. War Department, Explorations and Surveys for a Railroad Route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Topographical Maps ... to Illustrate the Various Reports ... (Washington, 1859) Description derived from published bibliography. Scale 1:760,320. LC Railroad maps, 165 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

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Library of Congress1859

From the northern boundary of California to the Columbia River : from explorations and surveys

Relief shown by hachures. At head of title: Routes in Oregon and California. Map no. 2. "Drawn by John Young." From U.S. War Department, Explorations and Surveys for a Railroad Route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Topographical Maps... to Illustrate the Various Reports... (Washington, 1859) Description derived from published bibliography. Scale 1:760,320. LC Railroad maps, 170 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

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Library of Congress1859

From the Red River to the Rio Grande

At head of title: Route near the 32nd Parallel. Map and Profile no. 1. Relief shown by hachures. From U.S. War Department, Explorations and Surveys for a Railroad Route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Topographical Maps... to Illustrate the Various Reports... (Washington, 1859) Description derived from published bibliography. Scale 1:950,400. LC Railroad maps, 171 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

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Library of Congress1858

Map showing route of Norfolk & Petersburg Rail Road and its connections with Ohio & Mississippi Rivers, William Mahone, Chief Engineer, F. Bourquin & Co., Philada

Map of the eastern United States between the Chesapeake Bay and the Mississippi River. Shows drainage, place names and the railroad network. Chartered March 17, 1851. Line completed in 1858. consolidated in April 1871, forming part of the Atlantic, Mississippi, and Ohio Railroad.

norfolk and petersburg railroad company↗
Library of Congress1855

Explorations and surveys for a rail road route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Route near the 38th & 39th parallels

Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. From U.S. War Department, Explorations and Surveys for a Railroad Route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Topographical Maps ... to Illustrate the Various Reports ... (Washington, 1859) Scale 1:760,320; 12 miles to 1 in. LC Railroad maps, 160 LC Railroad maps, 161 LC Railroad maps, 162 LC Railroad maps, 163 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2: 100, 650/1; 700/1; 700/2; 700/3; 700/4; 700/5; 710/1

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Library of Congress1858

Map of the territory of the United States from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean : ordered by Jeff' Davis, Secretary of War to accompany the reports of the explorations for a railroad route

Very detailed map of the United States west of the Mississippi River indicating drainage, relief by hachures, cities and towns, forts, trails, wagon roads, and routes of exploration. An important map of western expansion, it utilized and lists 45 major exploration and mapping reports from the Lewis & Clark to the U.S. General Land Office Surveys.

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