- ---------------------------------------------------------------- FORWARDED MESSAGE - Orig: 26-Jul-99 9:49 Subject: Railroad survey maps available - ---------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Sandy Read" <[email protected]> And did you know that with railroads came maps and surveys? The very first railroad survey in the United States was taken in October, 1809 in Pennsylvania In 1830, the surveying, mapping and construction of what would be the Baltimore and Ohio (also known as the B & O) was begun. It would first be only fourteen miles long. Over the years more and more land would be surveyed, mapped and constructed. Eventually the Transcontinental Railroad would exist when the Pacific Railroad met the Central Pacific Railroad at Promontory, Utah on 10 May 1869. Not surprising there are maps galore and they are fascinating to look at. But where can you find them? Well the Library of Congress has done you a big service. They have digitized hundreds of their maps and made them available for researchers online. The Railroad Maps Collection covers the years 1828 to 1900 and is a part of the American Memory online section of the Library of Congress. You can search and view these digitized maps by visiting their web site at: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/rrhtml/rrhome.html !^NavFont02F04690007NGHHK6BB470