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Map showing the Norfolk & Western Railroad and its connections.
CREATED/PUBLISHED
New York, 1887.
SUMMARY
Map of the eastern United States showing drainage, cities and towns, distance by 100-mile concentric circles centered on Roanoke, and the railroad network with emphasis on the main line. This line became one of the world's greatest coal carriers. It began as the City Point Rail Road from Petersburg to City Point, a distance of 9 miles. It was consolidated in 1870 as the Atlantic, Mississippi, and Ohio Railroad. See entry 491. It was sold in 1881 under the above name. In 1896 it was reorganized as the Norfolk and Western Railway Company.
NOTES
Scale ca. 1:3,800,000.
Reference: LC Railroad maps, 492
Description derived from published bibliography.
SUBJECTS
Norfolk and Western Railroad Company--Maps.
Railroads--United States--Maps.
United States.
RELATED NAMES
Norfolk and Western Railroad Company.
MEDIUM
col. map 53 x 67 cm.
CALL NUMBER
G3701.P3 1887 .G15 RR 492
REPOSITORY
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA
DIGITAL ID
g3701p rr004920 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3701p.rr004920
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