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Covers area from Richmond, Va., to the Ohio River along the route of the railroad and shows the geological sections in which minerals are found. Consolidated from the Virginia Central and Covington and Ohio Railroads in August 1868.
Topographical strip map of part of Massachusetts showing relief by hachures, drainage, property owners names, roads, and the lines of survey. Includes geological cross-section profile. [From published bibliography]
Detailed map showing relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns. Indicates in colors railroads completed to 1890.
Base map: Hotchkiss' Geological Map of Virginia and West Virginia, the Geology by Prof. William B. Rogers, chiefly from the Virginia State Survey, 1835-41, "With later oservations in some parts.' On verso: Hotchkiss' Geography of Virginia, No. 3, Geological section by Profs. W.B & H.D. Rogers (1842). Horizontal scale 2.5 miles to 1 inch, 6 illustrations, and red & white sticker: 138. Stamped in lower left margin: 99A. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Base map: Hotchkiss' Geological Map of Virginia and West Virginia, the Geology by Prof. William B. Rogers, chiefly from the Virginia State Survey, 1835-41, "With later oservations in some parts.' In pencil on verso: Geological, Va. ... [illegible] and red & white sticker: 138. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Relief shown by shading. Shows railroads. "Compiled from the maps of the Kentucky and U.S. Geological Surveys and the various railroad, river, and county surveys." Includes list of abbreviations. Scale 1:633,600; 10 miles to 1 in. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2: 650/1; 710/2
Printed map of the Middle Atlantic States with Virginia south of Gloucester and Lynchburg added in manuscript. Map has been hand-colored to show geological formations. Description derived from published bibliography. Scale ca. 1:1,080,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 77.2 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
Printed topographic strip map with manuscript annotations to show the geologic structure along the route of the railroad. The Alexandria and the Chesapeake and Ohio canals and stage stable for horses used on the Piedmont stage route to North Carolina are also indicated. The Orange and Alexandria Railroad Company was founded in 1848 to divert hinterland products away from Baltimore and Richmond to Alexandria, Va. Construction was begun in 1850 and was completed to Culpeper in 1852 and to Gordonsville in 1854, from where the rail line connected with the Virginia Central. Warrenton, originally on a proposed earlier route, was linked by a branch line in 1853. The Manassas Gap Railroad, the first rail line to cross the Blue Ridge Mountains, was completed to Strasburg in 1854 and joined Alexandria with the upper Piedmont Valley.
Shows mineral deposits from Matthias' Point to Briery Branch Gap, Virginia. Pen-and-ink, pencil (some col.), and crayon on 2 sheets pasted together, mounted on cloth. "Scale 50 horizontal to 2 vertical." In pencil in upper right corner: No. 2. In pencil on verso: 330 crossed out. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H268 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
Relief shown by hachures. "Base map furnished by General Land Office." From the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs' Annual report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to the Secretary of the Interior. Washington, D.C., 1920-43. Includes railroads. LC copy imperfect: Map torn at lower left corner. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Shows names of land owners and railroads. Covers part of eastern Oklahoma. "Map of Indian territory, edition of July 1902, revised to date, and county divisions made under direction of Sequoyah Statehood Convention, August and September 1905; by D.W. Bolich, Civil Engineer, Muskogee, Ind. Ter." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Acquisitions control no.: 99-6 AACR2
Shows trackage rights, principal stations, distances between rail intersections, major U.S., Interstate, and State highways, and navigable waterways. Includes "Index to railroads." Scale ca. 1:1,013,760; 1 in. represents approx. 16 miles. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2
Shows trackage rights, principal stations, distances between rail intersections, major U.S., Interstate, and State highways, and navigable waterways. Includes "Index to railroads." Scale ca. 1:1,013,760; 1 in. represents approx. 16 miles. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2
Shows trackage rights, principal stations, distances between rail intersections, major U.S., Interstate, and State highways, and navigable waterways. Includes "Index to railroads." Scale ca. 1:1,457,280; 1 in. represents approx. 23 miles. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2
Shows trackage rights, principal stations, distances between rail intersections, major U.S., Interstate, and State highways, and navigable waterways. Includes "Index to railroads." Scale ca. 1:1,774,080; 1 in. represents approx. 28 miles. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2
Shows trackage rights, principal stations, distances between rail intersections, major U.S., Interstate, and State highways, and navigable waterways. Includes "Index to railroads." Scale ca. 1:1,108,800; 1 in. represents approx. 17.5 miles. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2
Shows trackage rights, principal stations, distances between rail intersections, major U.S., Interstate, and State highways, and navigable waterways. Includes "Index to railroads." Scale ca. 1:1,520,640; 1 in. represents approx. 24 miles. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2