Map Plan and profile of the Danville and Pottsville Rail Road.

About this Item

About this Item

Title

  • Plan and profile of the Danville and Pottsville Rail Road.

Summary

  • Detailed map of part of Pennsylvania between Sharp Mountain and the Susquehanna River showing roads, drainage, and relief by hachures along the survey route. Shows the east and west branches of the Mount Carbon Railroad and the Mill Creek Railroad, which began operation in 1829. Chartered on April 8, 1826. Name changed in 1851 to the Philadelphia and Sunbury Rail Road.

Names

  • Kennedy, David K., Mapmaker, active 1830-1839.
  • Lucas, William B.
  • Danville and Pottsville Rail Road Company.

Created / Published

  • Philadelphia, 1831.

Headings

  • -  Danville and Pottsville Rail Road Company--Maps
  • -  Railroads--Pennsylvania--Maps
  • -  United States--Pennsylvania

Notes

  • -  Scale ca. 1:85,000.
  • -  LC Railroad maps, 394
  • -  Description derived from published bibliography.
  • -  Across bottom of map: "Profiles of grades."
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Medium

  • map 47 x 63 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3821.P3 1831 .K4

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 98688645

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Kennedy, David K., Mapmaker, Active, William B Lucas, and Danville And Pottsville Rail Road Company. Plan and profile of the Danville and Pottsville Rail Road. Philadelphia, 1831. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/98688645/.

APA citation style:

Kennedy, D. K., Lucas, W. B. & Danville And Pottsville Rail Road Company. (1831) Plan and profile of the Danville and Pottsville Rail Road. Philadelphia. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/98688645/.

MLA citation style:

Kennedy, David K., Mapmaker, Active, William B Lucas, and Danville And Pottsville Rail Road Company. Plan and profile of the Danville and Pottsville Rail Road. Philadelphia, 1831. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/98688645/>.