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1839 Gettysburg RR Map planned

Map and Profile of the as surveyed by order of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, 1839. This map depicts the planned route of a railroad called the "Gettysburg Railroad", that was partially built during 1833-39. The uncompleted road, which was designed to head west from Gettysburg, Pensylvania to the Potomac River in Maryland, was nickamed the " " by its detractors. (Another company called built a different line, from Gettysburg eastward during 1856-58.) The Tapeworm right-of-way depicted here was later used by the and its successor, the to build a line west to Highfield, Maryland. These companies were acquired by the in 1917.

Date
1839
Mapmaker / publisher
Henry Roe Campbell, Civil Engineer
Place
Maryland
Archive
Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
Type
map
Original size
10,075 × 3,819 pixels

Public domain

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"1839 Gettysburg RR Map planned" (1839). Henry Roe Campbell, Civil Engineer. Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1839_Gettysburg_RR_Map_planned.jpg

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