U.S. railroads historical maps: Difference between revisions

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[[File:East_west_shaking_hands_by_russell.jpg|thumb|1869: The ceremony for the driving of the golden spike at Promontory Summit, Utah on May 10, 1869; completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad. At center left, Samuel S. Montague, Central Pacific Railroad, shakes hands with Grenville M. Dodge, Union Pacific Railroad (center right).]]
[[File:East_west_shaking_hands_by_russell.jpg|thumb|1869: The ceremony for the driving of the golden spike at Promontory Summit, Utah on May 10, 1869; completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad. At center left, Samuel S. Montague, Central Pacific Railroad, shakes hands with Grenville M. Dodge, Union Pacific Railroad (center right).]]
== Railroad mileage history ==
== Railroad mileage history ==
(adapted from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_rail_transportation_in_the_United_States|History of rail transportation in the United States (wikipedia))
(adapted from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_rail_transportation_in_the_United_States History of rail transportation in the United States (wikipedia))]


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== Maps - similar maps showing growth ove225px">
== Maps - similar maps showing growth over time ==
See [[commons:Category:Rail_transport_maps_of_the_United_States| Rail transport maps of the United States - Wikimedia Commons]]
 
'''1840, 1850, 1860'''
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History_of_transportation_in_the_United_States_before_1860_(1917)_(14757946611).jpg|1840 History of transportation in the United States before 1860 (published 1917) (14757946611)
File:History of transportation in the United States before 1860 (1917) (14760797742).jpg|<nowiki>1850 from History of transportation in the United States before 1860 (published 1917) (14760797742)]</nowiki>
History_of_transportation_in_the_United_States_before_1860_(1917)_(14574497328).jpg|1860: History of transportation in the United States before 1860 (published 1917) (14574497328)
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'''1840, 1850. 1870, 1880, 1890'''
see https://archive.org/details/americanrailwayt1908john/page/17/mode/1up?view=theater
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File:American Railway Transportation p-017 Canals and Railroad New York 1840.png|1840 Canals and Railroads
File:American Railway Transportation p-017 Canals and Railroad New York 1840.png|1840 Canals and Railroads
File:American Railway Transportation p-019 Canals and Railroad Pennsylvania1840.png|1840 Railroads
File:American Railway Transportation p-019 Canals and Railroad Pennsylvania1840.png|1840 Railroads
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'''1850, 1916'''
'''1850, 1916'''
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File:The story of corn and the westward migration (1916) (14784116252).jpg|1850 railroad map from "The story of corn and the westward migration" (published 1916) (14784116252)
File:The story of corn and the westward migration (1916) (14784116252).jpg|1850 railroad map from "The story of corn and the westward migration" (published 1916) (14784116252)
File:The story of corn and the westward migration (1916) (14804330853).jpg|1916  railroad map from "The story of corn and the westward migration" (published 1916) (14804330853)
File:The story of corn and the westward migration (1916) (14804330853).jpg|1916  railroad map from "The story of corn and the westward migration" (published 1916) (14804330853)