Map of routes for a Pacific railroad

Description:

Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Appears in the U.S. War Dept.'s Report of the Secretary of War on the several Pacific railroad explorations, 1855. "This is a hurried compilation of all the authentic surveys and is designed to exhibit the relations of the different routes to each other. An elaborate map on scale of 1:3,000,000 is being compiled and is in an advanced state."

Resource Link:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/5818486

Identifier:

ark:/88435/7w62fb583

Language:

eng

Creator:

Warren, G. K. (Gouverneur Kemble), 1830-1882

Publisher:

[Washington, D.C.] : Office of P. R. R. Surveys, 1855 (N[ew] Y[ork] : Lith. of Bien & Sterner)

Provider:

Princeton

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Digital maps

Subject:

Railroads—West (U.S.)—Maps, Pacific railroads—Explorations and surveys—Maps, Maps—West (U.S.)—1855, and Railroad maps—West (U.S.)—1855

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

TIFF