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Map Map of the located route of the Metropolitan Rail Road and the adjacent country comprising the District of Columbia and the counties of Montgomery, Frederick, and Washington in the state of Maryland, Francis Dodge president M.R.R. Company, Edmund French, chief engineer, W. R. Hutton draughtsman, completed April 30, 1855 from surveys made in 1853 and 1854.

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Title

  • Map of the located route of the Metropolitan Rail Road and the adjacent country comprising the District of Columbia and the counties of Montgomery, Frederick, and Washington in the state of Maryland, Francis Dodge president M.R.R. Company, Edmund French, chief engineer, W. R. Hutton draughtsman, completed April 30, 1855 from surveys made in 1853 and 1854.

Summary

  • Topographical map of part of Maryland showing relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, canals, the Washington Aqueduct, roads, and railroads with mileage on the main survey line. Chartered in 1853.

Names

  • Hutton, Wm. R. (William Rich), 1826-1901.
  • Metropolitan Railroad Company (Georgetown, Washington, D.C)

Created / Published

  • [Washington, 1855]

Headings

  • -  Metropolitan Railroad Company (Georgetown, Washington, D.C)--Maps
  • -  Railroads--Maryland--Maps
  • -  Railroads--Maryland--Planning--Maps
  • -  Railroads--Washington (D.C.)--Maps
  • -  Railroads--Washington (D.C.)--Planning--Maps
  • -  Canals--Maryland--Planning--Maps
  • -  Chesapeake and Ohio Canal (Md. and Washington, D.C.)--Maps
  • -  Washington Aqueduct (Md. and Washington, D.C.)--Maps
  • -  United States--Maryland
  • -  United States--District of Columbia--Washington

Notes

  • -  Scale 1:126,720.
  • -  LC Railroad maps, 460
  • -  Description derived from published bibliography.
  • -  Vault

Medium

  • map 60 x 94 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3841.P3 1855 .H82

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 98688711

Online Format

  • image

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Hutton, Wm. R, and Metropolitan Railroad Company. Map of the located route of the Metropolitan Rail Road and the adjacent country comprising the District of Columbia and the counties of Montgomery, Frederick, and Washington in the state of Maryland, Francis Dodge president M.R.R. Company, Edmund French, chief engineer, W. R. Hutton draughtsman, completedfrom surveys made in 1853 and 1854. [Washington, 1855] Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/98688711/.

APA citation style:

Hutton, W. R. & Metropolitan Railroad Company. (1855) Map of the located route of the Metropolitan Rail Road and the adjacent country comprising the District of Columbia and the counties of Montgomery, Frederick, and Washington in the state of Maryland, Francis Dodge president M.R.R. Company, Edmund French, chief engineer, W. R. Hutton draughtsman, completedfrom surveys made in 1853 and 1854. [Washington] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/98688711/.

MLA citation style:

Hutton, Wm. R, and Metropolitan Railroad Company. Map of the located route of the Metropolitan Rail Road and the adjacent country comprising the District of Columbia and the counties of Montgomery, Frederick, and Washington in the state of Maryland, Francis Dodge president M.R.R. Company, Edmund French, chief engineer, W. R. Hutton draughtsman, completedfrom surveys made in 1853 and 1854. [Washington, 1855] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/98688711/>.