Map exhibiting the fixed location of the main trunk of the New-Orleans, Opelousas & Great Western Railroad of Louisiana, together with its proposed branches, connections and extensions in Louisiana, Arkansas & Texas; also its connecting steamship routes from Berwicks Bay to ports in the Gulf of Mexico, together with the advantages in point of directness & diminished distance to the Pacific Coast, New Orleans, La. January 24th, 1859.
Summary
Outline map of the south-central states from Mississippi to the Rio Grande. Shows the "Wheat Region of Texas." Indicates completed, located and proposed lines. Table of distances in left side of map.
Scale 1:1,267,200.
LC Railroad maps, 479
Description derived from published bibliography.
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
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Date
01/01/1859
Contributors
Bayley, G. W. R.
New Orleans, Opelousas, and Great Western Railroad Company.
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
Public Domain