![Map of the county west of Cumberland towards the Ohio river, showing the various lines surveyed or reconnoitred [sic] for the extension of the Baltimore & Ohio Rail Road to its western terminus referred to in the report of the chief engineer of September 20th, 1843.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDMvbWFwLW9mLXRoZS1jb3VudHktd2VzdC1vZi1jdW1iZXJsYW5kLXRvd2FyZHMtdGhlLW9oaW8tcml2ZXItc2hvd2luZy10aGUtdmFyaW91cy0wY2E1MGMtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/320/214/jpg "Map of the county west of Cumberland towards the Ohio river, showing the various lines surveyed or reconnoitred [sic] for the extension of the Baltimore & Ohio Rail Road to its western terminus referred to in the report of the chief engineer of September 20th, 1843.")
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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.")
Map of the county west of Cumberland towards the Ohio river, showing the various lines surveyed or reconnoitred [sic] for the extension of the Baltimore & Ohio Rail Road to its western terminus referred to in the report of the chief engineer of September 20th, 1843.
Summary
Lightly colored map on tracing linen showing western Pennsylvania, western Maryland, parts of Virginia and West Virginia and most of Ohio.
Scale 1:316,800.
LC Railroad maps, 335
Description derived from published bibliography.
Indicates several "preferred" and "surveyed" lines to Wheeling and Pittsburgh and other possible northern and southern routes.
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
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Date
01/01/1843
Contributors
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company.
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
Public Domain
