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Map 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.

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Title

  • 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.

Summary

  • 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]

Names

  • United States. Congress. House.

Created / Published

  • [Washington? 1848]

Headings

  • -  Railroads--United States--Maps
  • -  Trade routes--North America--Maps
  • -  United States
  • -  North America

Notes

  • -  Scale ca. 1:3,400,000.
  • -  Hand colored.
  • -  LC copy includes pencial annotations.
  • -  LC Railroad maps, 11
  • -  AACR2: 650/1, 650/2

Medium

  • col. map 123 x 92 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3701.P3 1848 .U5

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • gm70005376

Online Format

  • image

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United States Congress. House. 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. [Washington?, 1848] Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/gm70005376/.

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United States Congress. House. (1848) 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. [Washington?] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/gm70005376/.

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United States Congress. House. 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. [Washington?, 1848] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/gm70005376/>.