Colton's new railroad map of the United States & Canada
Shows drainage, cities and towns, and railroads distinguished by color.
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Shows drainage, cities and towns, and railroads distinguished by color.
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
Shows all of New York City and Long Island. Indicates drainage, cities and towns, township and county boundaries, and the railroad network. Chartered on April 24, 1834.
Relief shown by hachures. Shows longitude from Washington. "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1853 by J.H. Colton & Co. ... " Includes population statistics. Scale ca. 1:550,000. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2: 110; 650/1; 651/2
Map of the middle Atlantic and central United States showing drainage, cities and towns, state and county boundaries, and the railroad network with emphasis on the main lines. Indicates coal field in Illinois and Indiana.
Map of the eastern half of the United States showing cities, state boundaries, finished railroads, and railroads in progress.
Map showing parts of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine indicating county lines, cities, towns, and the railroad network. [From published bibliography]
Shows relief by hachures, drainage, counties, cities and towns, roads, and railroads.
Indexed map showing relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, counties, roads, and railroads.
Detailed county map of the eastern half of the United States showing place names and the railroads.
Outline map of the eastern United states including Cuba and the Gulf of Mexico. Shows the railroad network and steamship routes. Indicates the railroad land grant and the coal and iron deposits in Alabama. Distances from Washington, D.C., to New Orleans, La. are shown below the title. Chartered in 1853 and 1854. Consolidated with the Wills Valley Railroad, forming the Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad.
Detailed map indicating drainage, relief by hachures, county and township boundaries, and roads. [From published bibliography]
Detailed map showing drainage, state and county boundaries, place names, steamboat routes, and railroad network.
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.
Outline map covering New England states and showing the major rail connections with Montreal and Quebec, Canada. [From published bibliography]
"For official use only." In upper left: figure 9. LC copy mounted on cloth and laminated. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Most maps earlier than 1800 in this collection are photocopies or facsimiles. This record covers single maps of New York covering various subjects, which are not represented in the LC database by separate catalog records. This collection includes single printed maps and photocopies of printed or manuscript single maps and may also include some multi-sheet single maps, plates from atlases, books or periodicals, and printed facsimiles. To request a specific map or for more information, contact a reference librarian in the Geography & Map Division (202) 707-6277 or through the "Ask a librarian" link through the Geography & Map Division website https://ask.loc.gov/map-geography/. Title supplied by cataloger.
Detailed general map which includes drainage place names, roads, railroad, counties, and townships.