Map of the Hudson River Rail Road from New York to Albany.
Summary
Topographic strip map of the Hudson River Valley from Waterford to New York City, showing drainage, relief by hachures, county and township boundaries, cities and towns, roads and canals. Indicates the track of the Hudson River Railroad and the "line surveyed but not adopted." Chartered in 1846 and consolidated with New York Central Railroad. See entries 486-488.
Scale 1:63,360.
Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1848 by G. Snyder.
LC also has a copy with ms. triangulation lines and place names added between Dobbs Ferry and Peekskill and a full-size, colored manuscript copy, on tracing linen "Traced by Jna. A. Cambell July 25, 1856." Note: "Copied in the Office of the Coast Survey . . . Washington, D.C. July 25, 1856" Signed: H. W. Benham, Capt. of Engr.
LC Railroad maps, 430
Description derived from published bibliography.
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
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