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Map of the United States showing relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, state and county boundaries, time zones, and the railroad network with main lines emphasized.
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Map of the United States showing relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, state and county boundaries, time zones, and the railroad network with main lines emphasized.
Map covering the southwestern states but extending from Chicago to the Pacific Coast.
The map covers an area from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi delta, and from Columbus, Ohio, to Little Rock, Ark. It shows Ft. Massac and "Capitol City" in southern Illinois and northern Kentucky as sites selected by the U.S. for the "Western Armory," and the probable future site for the seat of government of the United States or Western District of Columbia. Chartered January 9, 1852.
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.
Map of Pennsylvania and parts of adjacent states showing the railroad network, cities, towns, railroad stations, canals, and coal fields.
Shows midwestern states with drainage, cities and towns, township and county boundaries, and the railroad network with emphasis on the main line. Consolidated October 8, 1868.
Map of the United States showing relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, state boundaries, and the railroad network with emphasis on the main line. The line was created by an act of the state of Illinois, February 27, 1847, and amended July 27, 1851. The line reached the Mississippi River on February 22, 1854, where the first bridge to cross the river was opened on September 1, 1854, linking Rock Island, Ill., with Davenport, Iowa.
Special map shows the main line and land grant in Missouri and includes iron and lead regions; general map covers United States showing the railroad network with the main lines distinguished by color; created by Act of Congress, July 27, 1866, with a land grant of 42 million acres; entry 329 shows extent of land grant in Arizona and New Mexico.
Relief shown by hachures. Scale ca. 1:1,600,000. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2: 650/1; 650/2; 610/3
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.
Map of the continental United States and parts of Canada and Mexico showing drainage, some hachures to indicate major topography in the West, major cities and towns; names or abbreviations for railroad companies appear along each line. The map is printed in colors to distinguish major railroad connections. [From published bibliography]
1 photograph : digital, TIFF file, color.
1 transparency : color ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller.
1 photograph : digital, TIFF file, color.
1 photograph : digital, TIFF file, color.
Middle Atlantic states showing relief by hachures, drainage, counties, cities and towns, roads, and railroads with the main lines emphasized.
Map of northern Kentucky showing drainage, cities and towns, counties, roads, railroads, and completed, located, experimental and old survey lines. Includes the five survey lines proposed for a railroad between Louisville and Covington.
1 photograph : digital, TIFF file, color.