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Detailed map of the north-central and Great Lakes region showing drainage, cities and towns, township and county boundaries, coal fields, names of railroads, and the railroad network.
Map of the five borough area of New York showing drainage, settlements, streets, roads, and railroads. "Manhattan (El.) R'y," "Long Island R.R.," "proposed Cable El. R'y," and connections are color coded.
1 print : photomechanical print ; sheet 9 x 14 cm (postcard format)
Index of railroads and lines. Includes 3 insets of Fort Worth, Dallas, and Houston. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Acquisitons control no. 2007-173. "The Forman-Bassett-Hatch Co., Cleveland, O." "Published by the state." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. David Keck, given in memory of George K. Elwing.
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"Compiled from locations filed in 1837-8 at the office of the county clerk, Worcester, Mass. from original deeds and plans on file at the Boston & Albany Railroad Engineer's Office. Green Lines compiled from grade crossing and other plans. Note: in 1867 the Western R.R. Corp. and the Boston & Worcester R.R. Corp. were consolidated to form the Boston & Albany R.R. Co." Pen-and-ink and colored ink. Annotations in pencil and colored pencil on some maps. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vendor: John Carbonell Acquisitions control no. 2009-023
1 photograph : digital, TIFF file, color.
Shows drainage, township and county boundaries, cities and towns, battlefields, and submarine cables to Havana. Lists operating and newly chartered railroads.
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.
Covers the Isthmus of Panama from Panama City and Chorera on the Pacific Coast to Chagres and Portobelo Harbor on the Caribbean Coast. Also shows rivers, streams, settlements, an existing rail line, a proposed rail line to Panama City, a proposed canal, roads, a trail, coastline, coastal features, and anchorages. Title written in ink from verso. Pencil, pen-and-ink and wash. On verso at top in script and black ink: To: J.B. Feraud, esq. On verso in ink in bottom right corner: No.17 Coll. of Major DB Douglass, abt. 1838. Imperfect: Brittle, crack-lined, darkened, water-stained, holes throughout with minor losses, gold stitched along edges, and mounted on cloth. LC Luso-Hispanic World, 645 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Map of the southeastern United States indicating drainage, relief by hachures, place names, roads, canals in blue, Georgia Railroad in red, "R.R. completed & in progress" in yellow. "R.R. chartered & proposed" in brown. Probably made to accompany his Report of the Engineer in Chief, May 13, 1839. Created by Act of December 21, 1836. See also items 613 and 614.
1 transparency : color ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller.
Relief shown by shading. Title devised by cataloguer. "Source: DeLorme and US State Department." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
This map, produced in the 1920s by the Transportation Department of the United States Department of Commerce, shows the railroad network of British Honduras (present-day Belize). Under the Treaty of Versailles of 1783, the Spanish Empire granted Britain the right to harvest timber in the region between the Hondo and Belize Rivers. In 1862 the crown colony of British Honduras was established. Apart from British Guiana, it was the only British possession on the mainland of Latin America. The colony was important to Britain chiefly as a source of logwood and, later, mahogany. The railroads shown on the map are all quite small and were used primarily to transport lumber, sugar cane, and bananas to the coast. A proposed longer line from the port of Belize to Guatemala is indicated but was never built. The map also shows the colony's six administrative districts and the small number of towns and cities. British Honduras achieved full independence in 1981, becoming the country of Belize.
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Main map covers city and suburbs. Inset maps cover railroad extensions into region. "Supplement to The Iron Age, March 22, 19[06]." Includes "Alphabetical list of works ...," indexed "Numerical list of works ...," list of blast furnaces, directory of railroad connections, and 5 insets. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy brittle, torn along fold lines, and lacking sections along margins.
This map, produced by the Transportation Department of the United States Department of Commerce in 1925, shows the railroad network of Trinidad. The main rail line in Trinidad was the Trinidad Government Railway, which originally was built in 1876 to connect the major city of Port of Spain with Arima. It later was extended to other inland towns. In addition to railroad lines and tramways, the map shows towns and counties and county boundaries. Originally claimed for Spain by Christopher Columbus in 1498, Trinidad was seized by Britain in 1797. With its much smaller sister island of Tobago, it became a single British colony in 1889. In the 19th century, the economy was dominated by agriculture, chiefly the production of sugarcane and cacao. Oil was discovered in 1857 and the petroleum industry developed from the 1860s onward. The colony of Trinidad and Tobago achieved independence in 1962.