A map of the Georgia Rail Road and the several lines of railroad connecting with it, Febr. 1839.
Thomson, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1808-1874.
Georgia Rail Road Company.
cartographic
Phila[delphia],
[1839]
eng
Map of the southeastern United States indicating drainage, relief by hachures, place names, roads, canals in blue, Georgia Railroad in red, "R.R. completed & in progress" in yellow. "R.R. chartered & proposed" in brown. Probably made to accompany his Report of the Engineer in Chief, May 13, 1839. Created by Act of December 21, 1836. See also items 613 and 614.
Scale 1:2,000,000.
"The Georgia Rail-Road extends from Augusta Geo. The head of navigation on the Savannah River to the Western and Atlantic Rail-Road-which it joins--near Decatur. Length 165 miles. Length of W & A R.R. 130 miles-making the total distance from the navigable waters of the Atlantic to those of the Mississippi 295 miles.- The greatest rise on this route is 36 feet per mile and no satisfactory power required on the whole line."
LC Railroad maps,
Description derived from published bibliography.
Georgia Railroad--Maps.
Railroads--Southern States--Maps.
United States Southern States.
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3866p.rr004160