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Map of the United States showing relief by hachures, drainage, state boundaries, cities and towns, stations, named lines of railroads, and the railroad network with the main lines emphasized. Chartered in 1894.
Aerial view drawn to resemble a block diagram. "*GPO: 1998--432-903/60256. Reprint 1998." Relief shown by shading. Panel title. Includes text, index of inclines, and ill. (some col.). Text, small map of site, and col. ill. on verso. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Aerial view drawn to resemble a block diagram. "*GPO:2001--472-470/40012. Reprint 2001." Relief shown by shading. Panel title. Includes text, index of cable inclines, and ill. (some col.). Text, small map of site, and col. ill. on verso. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
"For official use only." Includes inset of "Peiping and adjacent area." LC copy sectioned in two and mounted on cloth. Left lower margin trimmed away. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
"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.
In upper right corner: Exhibit 27. In upper left corner: Tenth annual report of the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
"35230.1 6-61." "For official use only." Includes inset of "Peiping and adjacent area." LC copy stamped on: 137B. LC copy mounted on cloth and laminated. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Map of New England and part of Canada showing relief by hachures, major drainage, cities and towns, state boundaries, and the railroad network with main lines emphasized.
Map of the eastern half of the United States showing drainage, cities and towns, counties, and the railroad network.
Bird's-eye view drawn to resemble a block diagram. "*GPO: 1994--301-085/80169. Reprint 1994." Relief shown by shading. Panel title. Title at top: Crossing a mountain. Includes text, index of inclines, and ill. (some col.). Text, small map of site, and col. ill. on verso. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Covers Maryland, eastern Virginia, Delmarva Peninsula, and southeastern Pennsylvania. Relief shown by hachures. Also shows shipping routes in Chesapeake Bay. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1881 by G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. in the Office of the Librarian of Congress in Washington." Hand col. in red to show Southern Maryland R.R. and in blue to show connecting lines and shipping routes. LC copy imperfect: Fold-lined, rubber-stamped, annotated in pencil, missing sections at sheet corners. Includes text and statistical data. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. 2 copies
Outline map of a strip between Boston and Chicago showing one schematic rail line with many railroad stations named along the line. Mileage table indicating five railroads is at lower right of map.
Map of the coastal regions of Virginia and North Carolina showing drainage, counties, cities and towns, and mills; main railroads in heavy lines.
Main map shows western states and includes relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, township and ranges, counties, railroads, and proposed railroads. General map, at top of sheet, covers the United States and shows the railroad network. First section, the Central Pacific linked California with Ogden, Utah, in 1869. The merging of the Central with the Southern Pacific was the inspiration of Leland Stanford, Collis P. Huntington, Mark Hopkins, and Charles Crocker.
"6-60." "For official use only." Includes inset of "Peiping and adjacent area." LC copy stamped on: 354A. LC copy mounted on cloth and laminated. LC copy imperfect: number before date removed. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
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. Removed from railroad timetable. Notes and part of timetable on verso. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Acquisitions control no. 20-83
Map of western New York and part of Pennsylvania showing drainage, cities and towns, counties, and the railroads with emphasis on the main line. See entry 562.