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Williams' commercial map of the United States and Canada with railroads, routes, and distances, by W. Williams.

Williams, W. (Wellington)

CREATED/PUBLISHED
Philadelphia, 1855.

SUMMARY
Detailed general map of the eastern half of the United States framed in decorative borders indicating drainage, cities and towns, canals, roads, the railroad network, and indicating the proposed railroad routes to the Pacific Ocean. Railroads in progress are indicated by dashed lines. [From published bibliography]

NOTES
Scale ca. 1:4,400,000.

Reference: LC Railroad maps, 29

Includes list of distances between major cities.

Insets: City & harbor of Havana.--Map of the Island of Cuba.--Map of the Niagara River and Falls.--Map of California, Oregon, New Mexico, Utah &c.

SUBJECTS
Railroads--United States--Maps.
United States.

MEDIUM
col. map 72 x 84 cm. on 4 sheets 47 x 64 cm.

CALL NUMBER
G3701.P3 1855 .W5 RR 29

REPOSITORY
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA

DIGITAL ID
g3701p rr000290 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3701p.rr000290

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