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.
Summary
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.
Scale ca. 1:2,500,000.
Relief shown by hachures.
LC Railroad maps, 426
Description derived from published bibliography.
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
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Date
01/01/1840
Contributors
Harrisburg to Pittsburgh Railroad.
Source
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