U.S. railroads historical maps: Difference between revisions

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Railroad mileage history[edit | edit source]

(adapted from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_rail_transportation_in_the_United_States%7CHistory of rail transportation in the United States (wikipedia))

Region	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Railroad Active Mileage by Region
New England	30	513	2,596	3,644	4,273	5,888	6,718
East		1,484	3,740	11,927	18,292	28,155	40,826
South	10	737	2,082	7,908	10,610	14,458	27,833
Midwest			46	4,951	11,031	22,213	35,580
South Central (LA, AR, OK/Indian Territory)		21	107	250	331	1,621	5,154
West (including TX, CO, KS)				239	4,578	15,466	47,451
TOTAL U.S.	40	2,755	8,571	28,920	49,168	87,801	163,562

Maps[edit | edit source]

1820s[edit | edit source]

The first American locomotive at Castle Point in Hoboken, New Jersey, c. 1826

1830s[edit | edit source]

1840s[edit | edit source]

1850s[edit | edit source]

1860s[edit | edit source]

1870-80s[edit | edit source]

1890s[edit | edit source]

1900s[edit | edit source]

1920s[edit | edit source]

1950s[edit | edit source]

2000s[edit | edit source]

National Highways[edit | edit source]

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+== Maps ==
+=== 1820s ===
+[[File:FWPNW026HobokenNJSA0266.jpg|none|thumb|The first American locomotive at Castle Point in Hoboken, New Jersey, c. 1826]]
+=== 1830s ===
+[[File:USRail1835.jpg|none|thumb|U.S. railroads in 1835]]
+=== 1840s ===
+=== 1850s ===
+[[File:Disturnell's_New_Map_of_the_United_States_and_Canada_-_NARA_-_78117081.jpg|left|thumb|1850 map showing all the canals, railroads, telegraph lines and principal stage routes, drawn by Henry A. Burr, topographer to the Post Office Dept. Washington, D.C.; Author: J. Disturnell. ( Disturnell's New Map of the United States and Canada - NARA - 78117081)]]
+[[File:1852_Andrews_Railroad_Map_of_the_United_States_-_Geographicus_-_UnitedStates-andrews-1852.jpg|none|thumb|1852 Andrews Railroad Map of the United States - Geographicus - UnitedStates-andrews-1852; description: A rare and attractive wall sized railroad map of the United States issued in 1852 for Israel de Wolf Andrew’s report for the Treasury Department. Depicts from the Great Lakes south to the Gulf of Mexico, and from the states of Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas and Louisiana eastward to the Atlantic ... Essentially an updated version of McLellen’s map of 1850. Drawn and engraved under the direction of the editor of the “American Railroad Journal”.]]
+=== 1860s ===
+[[File:Railroad_of_Confederacy-1861.jpg|none|thumb|Railroad of Confederacy-1861]]
+[[File:Transcontinental_railroad_route.png|left|thumb|Map of the route of the '''First Transcontinental Railroad'''. Crossing to the Western United States to/from California. Built in the 1860s, and opening in 1869. Central Pacific (red line) Union Pacific (blue line) Western Pacific (green line)]]
+[[File:Pacific_Railroad_Profile_1867.jpg|none|thumb|537x537px|Profile of the Pacific Railroad from Council Bluffs/Omaha to San Francisco. Harper's Weekly December 7, 1867]]
+=== 1870-80s ===
+[[File:34_of_'The_History_of_the_last_Quarter-Century_in_the_United_States,_1870-1895_..._With_..._illustrations'_(11298291644).jpg|none|thumb|1870 Railroad Map "Close of the Civil War"(From: 'The History of the last Quarter-Century in the United States, 1870-1895 ... With ... illustrations' (11298291644)]]
+[[File:1877_Peel_Atlas_pg76-77_Railroad_map_of_the_United_States_PN2019_21865-8.jpg|left|thumb|1877 Peel Atlas pg76-77 Railroad map of the United States PN2019 21865-8]]
+[[File:US_Transcontinental_Railroads_1887.jpg|none|thumb|US Transcontinental Railroads 1887]]
+=== 1890s ===
+[[File:35_of_'The_History_of_the_last_Quarter-Century_in_the_United_States,_1870-1895_..._With_..._illustrations'_(11297669956).jpg|none|thumb|1894 Railroad Map (From 'The History of the last Quarter-Century in the United States, 1870-1895 ... With ... illustrations' (11297669956)]]
+=== 1900s ===
+[[File:American_railway_transportation_(1908)_(14756360721).jpg|none|thumb|American railway transportation (1908) (14756360721)]]
+[[File:Railroad_distance_map_of_the_United_States,_Mexico_and_Canada_(14009382364).jpg|left|thumb|1919 map: Railroad distance map of the United States, Mexico and Canada (14009382364)]]
+[[File:The_railroad_builders;_a_chronicle_of_the_welding_of_the_states_(1919)_(14573598059).jpg|none|thumb|The railroad builders; a chronicle of the welding of the states (1919) (14573598059)From: [https://archive.org/details/cu31924070687961/page/n34/mode/1up?view=theater The railroad builders; a chronicle of the welding of the states : Moody, John, 1868-1958 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive]]]
+[[File:Railroads_of_the_United_States_in_1918_-_Project_Gutenberg_eText_16960.png|thumb|1918: Railroads of the United States in 1918 - Project Gutenberg eText 16960]]
+=== 1920s ===
+[[File:Map_of_Trunk_Line_Railroads_in_the_United_States_-_NARA_-_7369127.jpg|none|thumb|1920s: Map of Trunk Line Railroads in the United States - NARA - 7369127]]
+=== 1950s ===
+=== 2000s ===
+[[File:Class1rr.png|none|thumb|Class1rr]]
+=== National Highways ===
+> section to be placed in separate page
+[[File:National_Highways_Map_of_the_United_States_WDL11550.png|none|thumb|1918: National Highways Map of the United States WDL11550]]
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