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![Map shewing [sic] the several routes, examined with a view to the extension of the route of the Baltimore & Ohio Rail-Road through north western Virginia from the Potomac to the Ohio river; as well as the different railways and canals completed and projected within that state,--and also the various lines of improvement existing and proposed between Cincinnati on the Ohio and Richmond, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York and Boston on the Atlantic coast.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTkvbWFwLXNoZXdpbmctc2ljLXRoZS1zZXZlcmFsLXJvdXRlcy1leGFtaW5lZC13aXRoLWEtdmlldy10by10aGUtZXh0ZW5zaW9uLW9mLTIyOGJmZC02NDAuanBn/40/30/webp "Map shewing [sic] the several routes, examined with a view to the extension of the route of the Baltimore & Ohio Rail-Road through north western Virginia from the Potomac to the Ohio river; as well as the different railways and canals completed and projected within that state,--and also the various lines of improvement existing and proposed between Cincinnati on the Ohio and Richmond, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York and Boston on the Atlantic coast.")
A section of Colton's large map of Indiana with the Fort Wayne and Southern Rail Road marked upon it, as located also a map of the United States showing Road and its connections together with a profile of the Ohio river and lands adjoining and a section of the double track rail road tunnel under the Ohio river at Louisville, Kentucky & Jeffersonville, Indiana for the year 1855 ending Oct. 1, W. J. Holman, President and Chief Engr.
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Scale of map of the eastern half of the United States is ca. 1:3,300,000. The map indicates "Railroads finished and under way" and "railroads proposed." Chartered January 15, 1849.
Scale ca. 1:350,000.
LC Railroad maps, 410
Description derived from published bibliography.
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
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Date
01/01/1855
Contributors
Holman, W. J.
Fort Wayne and Southern Railroad.
Colton, J. H. (Joseph Hutchins), 1800-1893.
Source
Library of Congress
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Public Domain
