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New rail road map of the United States and the Dominion of Canada, showing the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific R.R.; the great overland route and short line to the west and south-west.
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New rail road map of the United States and the Dominion of Canada, showing the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific R.R.; the great overland route and short line to the west and south-west.

Map of the United States showing relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, state boundaries, and the railroad network with emphasis on the main line. The line was created by an act of the state of Illinois, February 27, 1847, and amended July 27, 1851. The line reached the Mississippi River on February 22, 1854, where the first bridge to cross the river was opened on September 1, 1854, linking Rock Island, Ill., with Davenport, Iowa.

Date
1879
Mapmaker / publisher
Heubach, Emil; Chicago, Rock Island And Pacific Railroad Company
Place
the United States
Archive
Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
Type
map
Original size
12,525 × 6,058 pixels

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Reason: its maker died more than 100 years ago.

Read from: Commons licence category: PD-old-100-expired; no CC BY, CC BY-SA, GFDL or deletion tag on the file page.

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"New rail road map of the United States and the Dominion of Canada, showing the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific R.R.; the great overland route and short line to the west and south-west." (1879). Heubach, Emil; Chicago, Rock Island And Pacific Railroad Company. Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_rail_road_map_of_the_United_States_and_the_Dominion_of_Canada,_showing_the_Chicago,_Rock_Island_and_Pacific_R.R.;_the_great_overland_route_and_short_line_to_the_west_and_south-west._LOC_98688630.jpg

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