[Outline map of the United States showing proposed railroad routes to the Pacific]
For a similar map see Carl I. Wheat's Mapping the Transmississippi West, v. 3 (San Francisco, Institute of Historical Cartography, 1957-63.) p. 193.
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For a similar map see Carl I. Wheat's Mapping the Transmississippi West, v. 3 (San Francisco, Institute of Historical Cartography, 1957-63.) p. 193.
Indicates "practicable railroad lines," and "proposed railroad lines." Summer isotherms are in red, winter isotherms are in blue.
Map shows "practicable railway routes" between Ft. Yuma on the Colorado River and the San Francisco Bay region.
Relief shown by hachures. Scale 1:6,000,000. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2
Street map of Philadelphia and vicinity showing proposed railroads.
Sketch map of the first railroad in California, with projected extensions to San Francisco, Sonora, and Tehama, made by the engineer who built the Sacramento Valley Railroad.
Cadastral map showing landowners. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Transferred from the collection of the Canal Zone Library-Museum, 1980. Oriented with north to the right. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Annotated in pencil, on verso, with Canal Zone Library map checklist number: 161. Vault
Outline map of the southern United States showing the railroad network. The Rabun Gap system is shown in red.
1910. 17 sheet(s). Includes distilleries and warehouses. Bound. Other places as they appear on original: Kentucky and Tennessee.
Cover title: Mendenhall's guide and road map of Kentucky. Relief shown by hachures. Accompanied by text. (29 p. ; 19 cm.) Scale ca. 1:633,600; 10 miles to an in. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2: 651/1
Map of eastern Massachusetts covering the area from Boston to Wood's Hole and west to Providence, R.I. Shows drainage, place names and counties, and indicates mileage between stations. The Old Colony Railroad is double-tracked from Boston, south to South Braintree. The line was incorporated in 1844.
971302 U.S. Copyright Office Relief shown by hachures. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1873 by Edward Vernon in the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington, D.C." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. 2 copies
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.
"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.
"The red line indicates the route of the Railroad. The green line is the route followed by Col. Fremont from the South Pass to Humboldt River."
Relief shown by hachures. "9 Oct. 1933." Blue line print. In lower right margin: 452569. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Shows river valleys, indicates cities and towns, county boundaries, and the railroad network by distinguishing colors. "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1865 by G.W. & C.B. Colton in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Acquisitions control no. 2006-15
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.