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Summary
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.
Scale ca. 1:6,750,000.
Reproduced in Carl I. Wheat's Mapping the Transmississippi West, v. 3. (San Francisco, Institute of Historical Cartography, 1957-63), p. 193.
LC Railroad maps, 24
Description derived from published bibliography.
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
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railroads
united states
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northern
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northern route
railroad
pacific
united states maps
mississippi river
1853
mississippi
map of united states
images of united states maps
high resolution
railroad maps 1828 1900
transportation and communication
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edwin ferry johnson
ultra high resolution
map of north america
old maps of united states
antique railroad maps
Date
01/01/1853
Contributors
Johnson, Edwin Ferry, 1803-1872.
Source
Library of Congress
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Copyright info
Public Domain