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Township map showing drainage, cities and towns, railroads, location of the land grant railroads and indicating the 6- and 15-mile limits of grants. Shows land offices.
Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Annotated on verso: United States from the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean. 1868. Millard Fillmore, Nov. 17, 1869. Shows routes and dates of expeditions and surveys. Includes list of "Authorities" and inset "Territory of Alaska." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy sectioned and mounted on cloth backing. Vault AACR2
Title and publication date Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Pen-and-ink on tracing linen. Library of Congress. Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 508.56 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
On verso: Lloyd's American railroad weekly, vol. 2, no. 8, October 5, 1861. Includes an adverstisement in the upper right corner for "Lloyd's great military map of the fifteen southern states" and advertisements below the map title for " Description derived from published bibliography. Scale ca. 1:1,900,800. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 14.1 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
Relief. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. National Park Exhibit, 1972.
Map of United States showing major relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, railroad stations, the railroad network, with emphasis on Tennessee. Names of railroads along the lines are indicated. This line was first chartered under Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad on December 11, 1845. Its present name dates from 1873.
Shows passenger rail lines and principal place-names in red overprint. Also shows minor civil divisions (cities and townships). LC copy imperfect: Original sheet halved. Includes small ill. of sailing ship. "14604." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Scale of map of the eastern half of the United States is ca. 1:3,300,000. The map indicates "Railroads finished and under way" and "railroads proposed." Chartered January 15, 1849.
Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Second bar scale glued on. Shows Indian tribal locations, military posts, 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. LC copy annotated in color to show boundaries, in red and blue ink and pencil to show place names, base lines, railroads and railroad exploration routes. Vault AACR2
Map of the northeastern United States showing drainage, relief by hachures, important cities, the existing railroads, turnpike roads, canals, and the projected railroads; a statement below the title explains the feasibility of the extension; ink and pencil annotations indicate other connecting lines and several cities.
Relief shown pictorially. "Copyright 1908, by G. E. Bula." In lower left corner: GEB 2-'08. Includes notes. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Outline map of the north-central and northeastern states indicating larger cities, county boundaries, and railroad network emphasizing the Michigan Central Railroad and the Great Western Railway.
"The working lines of railroad are shown in color." Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington D.C. Includes inset "Map of Oregon, California &c.". LC copy imperfect: foldlined, darkened along folds, lacking lower left corner. LC Railroad maps, 9 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian: Washington. Includes list of lengths of railroad lines and ill. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 501.8 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
Outline map of the north-central United States showing the canals and the railroad network and naming the Michigan Central and the Michigan Southern Railway. John B. Jervis was chief engineer on the Mohawk & Hudson Railroad in 1831.
Covers the area between Toledo, Dayton, Connellsville, and Erie. Title devised by cataloger. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy soiled and annotated in pencil: For Exr. Disqua July 6, 1917. LC copy accompanied by handwritten (lead pencil) note describing revised coal rates. [1] sheet : ms. ; 26 x 21 cm.
Title provided by cataloger. Pen-and-ink on paper. Mounted on cloth. Shows the route of a proposed railroad, roads, streams, property lines, and the names of property owners. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Oriented with north toward the left. At right side, possible attribution note that is only partially legible: Wyndham [illegible] Jones. [Illegible]. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Gift; Mrs. William D. Wrighton; April 1962. vcFY24
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.