Railroad maps volume 1

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EARLY AMERICAN RAILROAD MAPS

Volume 1

A correct map of the Pennsylvania Central Rail Road with its branches & connections, the shortest & quickest route between the east & west. Mendel, Edward, 1827-1884. Chicago, [1854-58] Sketch map of the eastern United States showing the railroad network and emphasizing the routes between St. Louis and Chicago, and Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York.

Map of the Pennsylvania Railroad and its connections. Patterson, S. C. [Philadelphia], 1889. Insets: Florida. 17 x 8 cm.--Mexico. 10 x 11 cm. Map of the United States showing major relief by hachures, drainage, and the railroad network with named lines and emphasis on the main line.

General map of the Pennsylvania Railroad and its connections. Allen, Lane & Scott. [n.p.], 1893. Inset: [Map of Middle Atlantic region.] Map of the United States showing major drainage, relief by hachures, and the railroad network with names of lines and stations. Emphasizes with heavy black lines the Pennsylvania Railroad in the northeastern states.

Map showing the line of the Plymouth, Kankakee, & Pacific Railroad and its connections. G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. New York, 1871.Map of the middle Atlantic and midwestern states showing drainage, cities and towns, township and county boundaries, and the railroad network. This is the Indiana portion of a projected railroad from Plymouth, Ind., on the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne, and Chicago Railroad, to Bureau Junction, on the Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad.

Map of the Richmond & Danville Railroad system in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, & Texas. G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. New York, 1881. Map of southern United States showing drainage, coal regions, cities and towns, counties, and the railroad network in red, with names along the lines. Includes list of railroads. Chartered in 1847 and completed to Danville in 1856.

A new and complete rail road map of the United States compiled from reliable sources by William Perris, C.E. & Surveyor, New York; presented by the Home Insurance Company. Perris, William. New York, [1858] Map of the eastern half of the United States showing cities, state boundaries, "finished railroads," and "railroads in progress."

Map of Texas showing the Sabine and Galveston Bay Rail Road, or Texas and New Orleans Air Line Rail Line, its connections in the U.S. and adjacent territories. Gentry, A. M. N[ew] Y[ork], 1859. Outline map of Texas and vicinity showing railroads actually built, under construction, and chartered but not under contract.

The Santa Fé Route and connections, 1888. Rand McNally and Company. Chicago, 1888. Map of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico showing relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, stations, Indian reservations, state boundaries, and the railroad network emphasizing the main line. Includes railroad names. Profiles in lower left of map.

Map showing lines and connections of the Shenandoah Valley and Norfolk & Western Railways. G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. New York, 1881. Map of the eastern United States showing drainage, cities and towns, stations, and the railroad netowrk with emphasis on the main lines. Includes a list of mileage between stations.

Map of the route of the Southern Continental R.R. with connections from Kansas City Mo., Ft. Smith Ark. and Shreveport La., giving a general view of the recent surveys of the Kansas Pacific Railway Co., across the continent made in 1867 & 1868, under the direction of Gen. Wm. J. Palmer, on the routes of the 32nd and 35th parallels together with compilations from Keeler's official map showing the central and northern routes to the Pacific and the intermediate topography. Palmer, William Jackson, 1836-1909. Washington, D.C., [1868]. Detailed map of the western United States showing relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, forts, military and Indian reservations, wagon roads, trails, routes of exploration, and the railroad network indicating finished, unfinished, and connecting lines.

Southern Railway and connections. Southern Railway (U.S.) Buffalo, [1897] Inset: The Montana resort region of the Southern Railway. "The Land of the Sky." 19 x 21 cm. Shows the New York and Florida Limited to be placed in service January 17, 1898. Left side of map and the verso has timetable information. 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.

Johnson's new railroad & county copper plate map of the southern states from the latest and best information. Johnson & Browning. [n.p.], 1860, c1859. Includes views of the Smithsonian Institute, Mount Vernon, Patent Office, the General Post Office, and the Treasury Department Buildings. Detailed map showing drainage, state and county boundaries, place names, steamboat routes, and railroad network.

Hazard's rail road & military map of the southern states. Prepared by the Committee on Inland Transportation of the Board of Trade of Philadelphia. From the latest accessible authorities. The coast accurately drawn from the U.S. coast surveys and adopted by the War Department as the official map for government use. Philadelphia Board of Trade. Committee on Inland Transportation. Philadelphia, Drawn & engraved by P.S. Duval & Son, Lithrs., 1863, c1862. Listed as "another copy" in R.W. Stephenson's Civil War Maps (Washington, Govt. print. off,. 1961), no. 44. Annotated in color to indicate "gauges of southern rail roads." The additions were "compiled under direction of Lieut. Col. J. N. Macomb, A.D.C., Chief Top. Engr." and "corrected to date Feby. 9th 1864." DLC Copy is partially mutilated; three corners are missing. Shows location and date of engagements, forts, railroads, state and county boundaries, roads, towns, and rivers.

Map showing the route of the Mobile & North Western Railroad, and its connections by land and sea; Henry Van Vleck chief engineer. G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. New York, 1871. Inset: [General map of the United States and Mexico] 63 x 37 cm. Map of Mississippi and vicinity showing relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, state, county, and township boundaries, and the railroad network, with emphasis on the main lines.

Texas and Pacific Railway and its connections. G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. New York, 1876. General map of the United States showing relief by hachures, drainage, and the railroad network with emphasis on the main line.

Map showing the Toledo, Peoria, & Warsaw Railway and its connections, 1867. G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. New York, 1867. Map of the Midwest showing drainage, cities and towns, township and county boundaries, and the railroads with emphasis on the main line.

Map of the Toledo, Wabash, and Gt. Western Rail Road Line, and its connections. Olmstead, S. R. (Samuel R.) [n.p., 1859] Accompanied by The Gold Mines of Kansas and Nebraska (New York, 1859) At left of map: "The Shortest and only Direct line!-to-St. Louis, Hannibal, Quincy, St. Joseph, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas City, Jefferson City, Council Bluffs, Omaha City, Cherry Creek, Pike's Peak, and the Gold Regions of Kansas and Nebraska." Outline map of the northeastern and north-central United States showing railroad lines and major cities.

New map of the Union Pacific Railway, the short, quick and safe line to all points west. Rand McNally and Company. [Chicago, 1883] Across top of map: Union Pacific Railway and connections. County map of the United States showing relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, and the railroad network with emphasis on the main line. Scenic illustrations border the map.

J. Sage & Son's new & reliable rail road map comprising all the railroads of the United States and Canadas with their stations and distances, compiled from the most acurate statistics. Stammann, Hugo. Buffalo, J. Sage & Sons, 1858. Shows railroads in operation, under construction, and projected. Note: "To Directors & Superintendents. The low price of this map must insure a large sale and as it will be printed in small editions, the publishers believe it to be the interest of the Rail Road Community to furnish us with sketches of all roads, or parts of roads that may be finished after this date, as well as notice of any changes of name or consolidation, and the proposed routes of Newly Chartered & progressing roads..." Inset: "Eastern Massachusetts and part of N. Hampshire, Rhode Island & Connecticut on an enlarged scale." 15 x 17 cm. Outline commercial map of the eastern half of the United States framed in decorative borders indicating major drainage systems, state boundaries, cities and towns along railroad routes, and distances between stations. Includes detailed lists of railroad companies, stations, and distances by state in marginal text. [From published bibliography]

Colton's new railroad & county map of the United States and the Canadas &c. Colton, J. H. (Joseph Hutchins), 1800-1893. New York, 1860. Inset: Colton's map of the United States showing the proposed railroad routes to the Pacific Ocean. 18 x 26 cm. Detailed county map of the eastern half of the United States showing place names and the railroads.

Map of the canals & rail roads of the United States reduced from the large map of the U.S. by Henry Schenck Tanner, 1786-1858. [Philadelphia] Engraved by J. Knight, 1830. From the author's A brief description of the canals and railroads of the United States. Includes cross sections of 4 canals and inset "South part of Florida." One of the earliest general maps of the eastern United States showing railroads in operation. The working lines are in blue, proposed lines are in green. Canals are shown in red and yellow.

Map of the railroads and canals, finished, unfinished, and in contemplation, in the United States / drawn and engraved for D.K. Minor, editor of the Railroad Journal by William Norris. Norris, William, engraver. New York : Railroad Journal, 1834."August 1834." Relief shown by hachures. Shows a small portion of southern Ontario. A Includes 14 profiles of canals and railroads and ill. Important early map of the United States. Includes drainage, canals, and cities and towns. Contains route profiles for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, the Columbia Railroad, Pa., and the Massachusetts railroads.

Map of the United States compiled from the latest and most accurate surveys by Amos Lay, geographer & map publisher, New York. Lay, Amos, 1765-1851. London, 1834. Inset: Florida. 17 x 15 cm. Detailed map of the eastern United States to about the 97th Meridian. Shows drainage, relief by hachures, state and county boundaries, cities, towns and villages, canals, roads, and railroads in operation and proposed lines. Railroads are shown in New York, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, South Carolina, and a very small part of North Carolina from Rock Island to the northern boundary.

United States. Tanner, Henry Schenck, 1786-1858.[n.p., 1835] From his A New Universal Atlas . . . (Philadelphia, 1936). For a description of this atlas see P. L. Phillips' A List of Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress (Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1909) v. 1, no 774. The map covers the eastern half of the United States. Shows roads, canals, and railroads. Indicates state boundaries and many cities.

Mitchell's map of the United States : showing the principal travelling turnpike and common roads, on which are given the distances in miles from one place to another, also the courses of the canals & rail roads throughout the country, carefully compiled from the best authorities. Mitchell, S. Augustus (Samuel Augustus), 1792-1868. Philadelphia : S.A. Mitchell ; Shows longitude west from Greenwich and Washington. The paper edition of this map appears in Bishop Davenport's A New Gazetteer, or Geographical Dictionary of North America . . . (Philadelphia, 1836). [From published bibliography] Includes distance table below the title. Insets: Environs of Niagara Falls. 7 x 7 cm.--Environs of Baltimore and Washington. 9 x 7 cm.--Environs of Charleston. 9 x 6 cm.--Environs of Hartford and New Haven. 3 x 3 cm.--Environs of Albany. 7 x 7 cm.--Environs of Boston. 9 x 7 cm.--Environs of New York. 9 x 6 cm.--Environs of Philadelphia. 9 x 6 cm.

Map of the Wisconsin Central Line and connections. Matthews-Northrup Company. Buffalo, [188-]Map of the western United States framed in border giving major stations along the route and a shippers guide. Shows relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, state boundaries, and the railroad network with named lines. The main line emphasized in heavy black.

Map showing the line of the Virginia, Tennessee, & Georgia Air Line composed of the Shenandoah Valley R.R., Norfolk & Western R.R. and the East Tennessee, Virginia, & Georgia R.R. G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. New York, 1881. Map of the southern United States showing drainage, cities and towns, state boundaries, table of distances, and the railroads distinguished by color.

Map of the Virginia Central R.R. and its proposed connections. Ruggles, T. C. Philada., 1852. Outline map of the eastern portion of the United States showing the proposed and completed railroad network, and indicating, in red and blue, the main connections to the Virginia Central R. R. The line became a part of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad in 1868

Map of the Pittsburg [sic], Fort Wayne & Chicago, Cleveland and Pittsburg [sic], Grand Rapids and Indiana, and Pennsylvania railroads. Rand McNally and Company. Chicago, c1874. Map of the northeastern United States showing relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, and the railroad network with named lines. Emphasis on the main lines.

Map of routes for a Pacific railroad, compiled to accompany the report of the Hon. Jefferson Davis, sec. of war. G. K. Warren, lt. top. engrs. 1855. Warren, Gouverneur Kemble, 1830-1882. N[ew] Y[ork] Lith. of J. Bien [1857] Relief shown by hachures. Hand colored. "This is a hurried compilation of all the authentic surveys and is designed to exhibit the relations of the different routes to each other: the topography represents only those great divides which form summits on the profiles of the routes. An elaborate map on scale of 1:3,000,000 is being compiled and is in an advanced state..." Outline sketch map of the United States west of the Mississippi River designed to show the relationship of the proposed railroad routes. First edition of the map appears in U.S. War Department, Report of the Secretary...Communicating the Several Pacific Railroad Explorations (Washington, 1855).

Map of the United States of North America with parts of the adjacent countries; by David H. Burr (late topographer to the Post Office,) Geographer to the House of Representatives of the U.S. Burr, David H., 1803-1875. [London, 1839] From his The American Atlas (London, J. Arrowsmith, 1839) Map of the continental United States showing relief by hachures, drainage, state boundaries, cities and towns, roads, trails, canals, and railroads.

Tunis new colored rail road map of the United States & Canadas; revised and corrected every month. Tunis, W. E.[n.p., 1859] From Tunis' International Rail Road Guide [1859] Map of the eastern United States to about the 96th Meridian. Lower right corner of map has "table showing the length of rail roads, and the page on which their time tables may be found in the guide." "The continious red lines represent rail roads completed. The dotted red lines represent roads projected."

A new and complete county map of all the rail roads in the United States & Canadas in operation & progress. Schultz, John H., publisher. [New York, 1857] Insets: Texas. 18 x 21 cm.--Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. 16 x 19 cm. Covers the eastern half of the United States. Shows drainage, county boundaries, and place names.

United States railway map, showing all the railways completed in progress and proposed in the United States & Canadas with their stations, distances & connections together with a map of routes for a Pacific railway carefully compiled from govermnent surveys. Middleton, Wallace & Co. Cincinatti, 1856. Inset: Map of routes for a Pacific Rail-Road.... 45 x 51 cm. Map of the eastern United States within decorative borders showing drainage, cities and towns, state boundaries, and the railroad network with named lines and state of construction.

Williams' commercial map of the United States and Canada with railroads, routes, and distances, by W. Williams. Williams, W. (Wellington) Philadelphia, 1855 Includes list of distances between major cities. Insets: City & harbor of Havana.--Map of the Island of Cuba.--Map of the Niagara River and Falls.--Map of California, Oregon, New Mexico, Utah &c. Detailed general map of the eastern half of the United States framed in decorative borders indicating drainage, cities and towns, canals, roads, the railroad network, and indicating the proposed railroad routes to the Pacific Ocean. Railroads in progress are indicated by dashed lines

Disturnell's new map of the United States and Canada showing all the canals, rail roads, telegraph lines and principal stage routes. Drawn by Henry A. Burr. Burr, Henry A. New York, J. Disturnell, 1851. Relief shown by hachures. Map of the eastern half of the United States showing relief by hachures, drainage, major cities and towns, canals, roads, telegraph lines, railroads, and unfinished railroads. [From published bibliography]

Gray's new trunk railway map of the United States, Dom. of Canada and portion of Mexico. Compiled from latest official sources, showing carefully selected list of cities & town in readable type for quick reference. Gray, Charles P. New York, c1898. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian: Washington. 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.

Map of the Shenandoah Valley route via Luray Caverns, Natural Bridge & the Grottos. The Shenandoah Valley R.R. Norfolk & Western R.R. and East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia System and their connections. Matthews-Northrup Company. Buffalo, 1890. Map of the United States showing relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, state boundaries, and the railroad network with named lines. Heavy black lines emphasize the main lines. Timetable information on the verso.

Colton's intermediate railroad map of the United States. G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. New York, 1882 Inset: Mexico. Detailed map of the continental United States and part of Canada indicating drainage, international, state and county boundaries, cities and towns, railroads, with names along each line. Railroads under construction are indicated by dashed lines.

Map of the proposed Northern Route for a railroad to the Pacific. Johnson, Edwin Ferry, 1803-1872. Hartford, Conn., 1853. Reproduced in Carl I. Wheat's Mapping the Transmississippi West, v. 3. (San Francisco, Institute of Historical Cartography, 1957-63), p. 193. Outline map of the United States showing drainage, state boundaries, major cities, and names of states, with state population figures. Western states show topography by hachures. Some major rail lines are shown in the northeastern states. Besides the "Northern Route" the map also indicates four more southerly proposed routes west of the Mississippi River.

Pennsylvania's great highway and its tributary lines. Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813. Philadelphia, [185-] Map of the northeastern United States showing drainage, some relief by hachures, cities and towns, the Sunbury and Erie Railroad, and connecting lines.

Complete railway map designed and engraved from the original maps, charts and schedules furnished by railway engineers, agents &c to accompany the American Railway Guide. Dinsmore, Curran. New York, [185-] Inset: Railway map of New England, together with sections of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania on an enlarged scale. 23 x 23 cm Additional edition, from American Railway Guide, and Pocket Companion, for the United States. Charles Cobb, compiler, 1850. To the left of the title is a small view engraved by "Nowland," which shows the offices of the "American Railway Guide" and "New York Pathfinder." To the right of the map is an advertisment stating "American Railway Guide for the United States. Published Monthly."

Map of Pennsylvania Railroad with its connections, showing the different routes, projected or constructed between the seaboard & the western states. Friend & Aub. Philad[elphi]a., [1851] Across bottom of map: "Profile of Pennsylvania Rail Road." Map of the northeastern and north-central States showing the existing and projected railroad network. Chartered April 13, 1846.

Dinsmore & Company's new and complete map of the railway system of the United States and Canada; compiled from official sources, under the direction of the editor of the "American Railway Guide." Dinsmore, Curran.[New York], 1850. Inset: City of New York [showing the Harlem R.R.] 18 x 15 cm. Map of the eastern United States to about the 96th Meridian showing operating and projected railroads.

Map without title showing the railroad route to Santa Fe and San Diego; the central route through South Pass and on to San Francisco and "Puget's Sound," and connecting railroads east of the Mississippi. Whitney, Asa, 1797-1872. N[ew] Y[ork] Miller's Lith. [1849] Title from C. I. Wheat's Mapping the transmississippi west. Relief shown by hachures. From the author's A project for a railroad to the Pacific. Includes distance chart showing distances via Northern Route, Southern Route, Galveston Route, and St. Louis Route. Outline map of North America showing proposed railroad routes within the present limits of the United States. This is one of the earliest promotional maps for a transcontinental railroad to come before the United States Congress and claimed by the author to have been "conceived as early as 1830."

Skeleton map showing the rail roads completed and in progress in the United States and their connection as proposed with the harbor of Pensacola, and its relative position to the various important ports on the Gulf of Mexico, the Atlantic coast and in the West Indies. Prepared by order of the House of Representatives of the United States, 1st session, 30th Con. United States. Congress. House. [Washington? 1848] Hand colored. Outline map of the eastern half of the United States indicating drainage, state boundaries, major cities, and constructed and contemplated railroads. The southern portion of map indicates proposed shipping routes to points in the West Indies and Middle America. This is one of the earliest small-scale government maps to show a railroad network. [From published bibliography]

Mitchell's new traveller's guide through the United States, showing the rail roads, canals, stage roads &c. with distances from place to place. Drawn and engraved by Ira S. DrakePhiladelphia, Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., 1853, c1848. Shows railroads in operation, in progress of construction, and proposed. Insets: Map of the copper mine region.--Vicinity of Niagara Falls.--Map of the maritime and overland routes to California.--Map of the gold and quicksilver district of California.--Map of New England or eastern states. General map of the eastern half of the United States, framed in decorative borders, indicating drainage, state boundaries, major cities and towns, roads, railroads, canals, and distances. [From published bibliography]

Map of the United States of America to accompany Doggett's Rail Road Guide. Doggett, John, 1809-1852. [n.p., 1847] "The working lines of railroad are shown in color." From Doggett's Railroad Guide [1847] Inset: Map of Oregon, California &c. 15 x 12 cm.

A new map for travelers through the United States of America showing the railroads, canals & stage roads with the distances, by J. Calvin Smith. Smith, J. Calvin (John Calvin) New York, Sherman & Smith, 1846. Insets: Railroads & canal routes from Albany to Buffalo.--Map showing the rail roads between the cities of New York, Boston & Albany and the Hudson R. from N. York to Albany.--Rail road route from New York to Philadelphia.--Rail road route from Philadelphia to Washington.--Map of Oregon, northern California, Santa Fé &c. A detailed general map of the eastern half of the United States, framed in decorative borders, with most of the details east of the Mississippi River. Indicates drainage, state boundaries and shows many cities and towns with distances along roads and railroads. Indian tribes are indicated west of the Mississippi River.

Map of the projected railway from Harrisburg to Pittsburg [sic], with proposed extension to Cleveland, Wooster, Sandusky, Toledo, Cincinnati; Michigan City, Chicago, Galena, Rock Island, St. Louis, &a; in connection with the public works of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. [n.p., 184-] Relief shown by hachures. Covers area between Massachusetts and Virginia and west to the Mississippi River. Shows "finished" and "proposed" railroads. A mileage chart entitled "Rail Road Routes from Seaboard to the Interior" appears at lower right of map. Harrisburg to Pittsburgh Railroad is part of the Pennsylvania Railroad. See entry 517.

Map, exhibiting the railway route between Baltimore & St. Louis, together with the other principal lines in the eastern, middle & western states; prepared under the direction of B. H. Latrobe, Ch. Engr. B. & O. R.R. Latrobe, Benj. H. (Benjamin Henry), 1807-1878. [n.p., 1843] Map covers area from Portland, Maine, to Norfolk, Va., and west to the Mississippi River.

Map shewing the connection of the Baltimore and Ohio-Rail-Road with other rail roads executed or in progress throughout the United States. Edward Weber & Co. Balt[im]o[re] Lith. of Ed. Weber & Co. [184-?] Map of the United States east of the Mississippi River.

Map of the canals & rail roads of the United States, reduced from the large map of the U.S.; engraved by J. Knight. Tanner, Henry Schenck, 1786-1858. New York, 1840, c1830. Includes cross sections of 4 canals. Inset: South part of Florida. 10 x 8 cm. General map of the eastern United States showing drainage, state boundaries, and place names. Railroads are annotated in brown, canals in blue.

Carte des États-unis d'Amérique. Gravée sur pierre par L. Bouffard. [Paris] Lith. de Benard, 1836. Relief shown by hachures. Shows existing and projected railroads. Hand colored showing "Voies de communication" in 5 colors. Sketch map of the eastern half of the United States showing major mountain ridges by hachures. Indicates canals, railroads and the "Route Nationale" between Cumberland, Md., and Vandalia, Ill. Shows projected railroads between Cumberland and Vandalia, between New Orleans and Nashville, and between Cincinnati and Columbia, S.C. "Voies de communication" are indicated in five colors.

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