Map & profile of the Virginia & Tennessee Rail Road.
Summary
Strip map of Virginia between Lynchburg and Bristol, Tenn. Shows drainage, coal and copper fields, county boundaries, cities, towns, and roads. Chartered March 24, 1848, under the name of Lynchburg abd Tennessee Railroad. Consolidated in 1871 under Atlantic, Mississippi, and Ohio Railroad. See entry 331. [From published bibliography]
Scale 1:316,800; 5 miles to 1 in.
Hand colored.
Relief shown by hachures.
LC Railroad maps, 599
Across bottom of map: Profile of Va. & Tenn. R.R., 5 x 42 in.
Includes "Table of curvatures," "Table of amounts," and "Elevation above the level of the sea of the rails."
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
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Date
01/01/1856
Contributors
Blackford, W. W. (William Willis), 1831-1905.
Ritchie & Dunnavant.
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
Public Domain