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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 === | |||
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[[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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[[Category:US History timelines & concept charts]] | [[Category:US History timelines & concept charts]] | ||
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