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subject : Railroads--Alabama--Maps
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North oriented to left.; Blue line print.; Updated through 2-5-62; Sheet No. 22 of 39.; Details route through Garden City (Cullman County), Alabama.
Office of Chief Eng (publisher)
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company. South & North Alabama Division. (creator)
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company. South & North Alabama Division. (contributor)
1917
map
Map of southern Alabama and part of western Florida showing roads, cities, and drainage.; At head of title: No. 1.
Government Printing Office (publisher)
Palmer, W. R. (William R.), d. 1862. (creator)
Graham, J. D. (James Duncan), 1799-1865.; Columbus and Pensacola Railroad.; United States. General Land Office. (contributor)
[1836]
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"Meyer's Handatlas No. 72" in top margin.; "Dampf-Schiffrouten" with mileage listed on left side of map.; Prime meridians: Ferro and Washington; Relief shown by hachures.
Aus der Geographischen Graviranstalt des Bibliographischen Instituts zu Hildburghausen (publisher)
Meyer, Hermann Julius, 1826-1909. (creator)
1845
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Map damaged; most of area west of the Mississippi River is missing.; Relief shown by hachures.; Mineral regions of Alabama indicated.; Selma and Gulf Railroad highlighted in red. Connecting lines highlighted in blue.
Henry Seibert & Bros (publisher)
Henry Seibert & Bros. (creator)
1870
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Relief shown by hachures.; Prime meridian: Washington.; Shows cotton belt, coal and iron regions of Alabama, railroads (completed and projected), and state boundaries.
Macmillan & Co (publisher)
W. & A.K. Johnston Limited. (creator)
Macmillan & Co. (contributor)
1871
map
Decorative border.; Steamboat routes with mileage left margin.; Plate 22 from unidentified atlas.; Map portrays Alabama prior to the creation of Choctaw County in December, 1847.
S. August Mitchell (publisher)
Mitchell, S. Augustus (Samuel Augustus), 1792-1868. (creator)
1847
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Relief shown by hachures.; "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1841 by H.S. Tanner in the ... Eastern District of Pennsylvania."; In upper margin: Tanner's universal atlas. 18; Prime meridian: Washington.
H.S. Tanner (publisher)
Tanner, Henry Schenck, 1786-1858. (creator)
Brose, W. (contributor)
1841
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Relief shown by hachures.; "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1836 by H.S. Tanner in the ... Eastern District of Pennsylvania."; In upper margin: Tanner's universal atlas.; List of steamboat routes.; Shows canals and proposed, railroads and proposed, and leading roads.; Prime meridian: Washington.
H.S. Tanner (publisher)
Tanner, Henry Schenck, 1786-1858. (creator)
Brose, W. (contributor)
1836
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Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington; Shows township grid, counties, railroads, cities, towns, and post offices.; "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1871 by Asher & Adams in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington."; In upper margin; 35, 36.
Asher & Adams (publisher)
Asher & Adams. (creator)
1871
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Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington.; Shows township grid, counties, railroads, cities, towns, and post offices.; "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1872 by Asher & Adams in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington."; In upper margin; 35, 36.
Asher & Adams (publisher)
Asher & Adams. (creator)
1872
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The map illustrates Barker's plan for the city, completed in 1871, but this publication is dated by the inset map, which was published separately in 1890.; Locates churches, industries, public buildings, and railroads.
Barker, William P. (creator)
Elyton Land Company.; G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. (contributor)
1890
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The map illustrates Barker's plan for the city, completed in 1871, but this publication is dated by the inset map, which was published separately in 1890.; Locates churches, industries, public buildings, and railroads.
Barker, William P. (creator)
Elyton Land Company.; G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. (contributor)
1890
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Color coded to indicate location of coal fields and iron ore deposits in Alabama, and improved property in Jasper.; Details railroad services and industrial properties.; Commercial statement in lower right corner.
Rand McNally Co (publisher)
Crenshaw, Bolling H. (Bolling Hall), 1867-1935. (creator)
1891
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Shows land earned in fee and land in which minerals only and mining rights are owned.
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company (publisher)
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company. (creator)
1896
map
"Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1875 by Gaylord Watson..."; "32" in upper left corner.; Shows railroads completed, railroads proposed, canals, state capitals, and county seats.; Library's copy has upper right corner missing.
Gaylord Watson (publisher)
Watson, Gaylord (creator)
1875
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Relief shown by hachures.; Shows railroads and electric lines.; Inset: Birmingham and vicinity. Scale 1:215,400.; Map has manuscript date of 1929. Census figures appear to estimated, higher than actual 1920 and lower than actual 1930.; Index to Alabama railroads in lower right. Directory to Principal Cities with their populations at top margin.
Rand McNally & Co (publisher)
Alabama. State Planning and Industrial Development Board. (creator)
Rand McNally and Company. (contributor)
[1929]
map
Shows all cities and towns along railroad routes.; Map extends beyond state boundaries.; Ads for railroad iron and supplies on verso.
Dexter Relyea & Co.] (publisher)
Watson, Gaylord. (creator)
1877
map
Prime meridians: Greenwich, Washington.; Shows railroads, common roads, canals, cities, towns, villages and P.O. locations.; Shows Birmingham (established 1871), Geneva County (established 1868), and Baker County (renamed Chilton in 1868).; Ornate border and No. 52 in upper right corner.; On verso: The State of Mississippi; [a description].
G.W. and C.B. Colton & Co (publisher)
G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. (creator)
[1873]
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"No.13" in top margin.; Explanations: Land Grant Rail Roads; Seat of Land Office; Seat of Former Land Office; Rail Roads.; "Note: the whole central region of this state is underlaid with Iron Ore in vast beds. There are also Coal measures of great thickness and extent. Lead Ore is also found."
Department of the Interior General Land Office (publisher)
United States. General Land Office. (creator)
Bowen & Co. (contributor)
1866
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Includes inset map of Birmingham area and list of railroad companies.; "November 1960."
Alabama State Planning and Industrial Development Board (publisher)
Alabama. State Planning and Industrial Development Board. (creator)
1960
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Shows counties, railroads, cities, and towns.; "[Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 18]72 by S. Augustus Mitchell in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington."; Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington.; In lower right margin: 33.
S. Augustus Mitchell (publisher)
Gamble, W. H. (William H.) (creator)
Mitchell, S. Augustus, Jr. (Samuel Augustus) (contributor)
1872
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Prime meridians: Greenwich (top) and Washington (bottom).; Purchase information dates the map as 1892; Verso: Part of Index of Mississippi; Page 198-199 from an unidentified edition of Rand's Indexed atlas of the world.; Main railroads are marked in color, with a key to 26 lines at the bottom of the map.; An index to cities is at the top and bottom of the map.
Rand McNally & Co (publisher)
Rand McNally and Company. (creator)
1892
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Prime meridian: Greenwich; Date is estimated on two factors. Cram issued a series of such state maps during the period 1910 - 1915. The surrounding cities were merged into the city of Birmingham in 1910, and that is shown.; At bottom of map: "Copyright by the George F. Cram Company, Inc., Indianapolis"; Map shows county boundaries, cities, roads, and railroads.; Each county separately colored.; Map extends into surrounding states.; Numbers along top and bottom edges, and letters along side edges, indicate an index was provided, but no index is on the map.
George F. Cram Co (publisher)
George F. Cram Company. (creator)
1912
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Shows all towns served by railroads, the lines serving each town, and the distance to the next stop(s).; Left half of page contains an index to towns served by railroads.; Verso: Informational ad for Leahy's Hotel Guide and Railway Distance Maps.
American Hotel Register Co (publisher)
Leahy, T. F. (creator)
1930
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Prime meridians: Greenwich (top) and Washington (bottom).
Rand McNally & Co (publisher)
Rand McNally and Company. (creator)
1888
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Includes decorative border.; Prime meridians: Greenwich & Washington.; Keyed to index; no index present.
H.C. Huggins & Co (publisher)
H.C. Huggins & Co. (creator)
1889
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Relief shown by hachures.; Includes list of 40 Alabama railroads, list of Principal cities; Indexed list of cities in left margin.
Rand McNally & Co (publisher)
Rand McNally and Company. (creator)
1912
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"Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1878 by G.F. Cram....; Indexing keys along margins, but no index on page.; County boundaries and names of some railroads printed in color.; In upper left margin: 33; Verso: Similar map of Louisiana
Geo. F. Cram, proprietor of the Western Map Depot (publisher)
Cram, George Franklin, 1841-1928. (creator)
1879
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Shows counties, railroads, cities, and towns.; "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1850 by S. Augustus Mitchell in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania."; Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington.; Relief shown by hachures.; In lower right margin: 33.
S. Augustus Mitchell (publisher)
Mitchell, S. Augustus (Samuel Augustus), 1792-1868. (creator)
1850
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Shows counties, railroads, cities, and towns.; "Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1870 by S. Augustus Mitchell Jr. in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania."; Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington.; Relief shown by hachures.; In lower right margin: 33.
S. Augustus Mitchell (publisher)
Mitchell, S. Augustus, Jr. (Samuel Augustus) (creator)
Mitchell, S. Augustus (Samuel Augustus), 1792-1868. (contributor)
1870
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Date estimated by the railroads shown.; Map continues into surrounding states.; Shows: Projected Rail Roads, Finished Rail Roads, Iron Works and Coal Mines
G.W. & C.B. & Colton Co (publisher)
G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. (creator)
1890
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At top of map: Railroad Commission of the State of Alabama.; Directory of Chief Cities on left margin.; Directory of Railroads operating in Alabama printed in red at bottom center. Location of each is indicated by numbers printed in red on map.; Inset: Environs of Birmingham [map]. Scale 1 inch = 5 miles.; Base map is Rand McNally & Co's New Business Atlas Map of Alabama c 1898.
Rand, McNally & Co (publisher)
Alabama Public Service Commission. (creator)
Railroad Commission of Alabama.; Rand McNally and Company. (contributor)
1900
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Relief shown by hachures.; Directory of Chief Cities on left margin.; Pp. 154-155 from an unidentified 1901 Rand McNally atlas.; Directory of Railroads operating in Alabama printed in red at bottom center. Location of each is indicated by numbers printed in red on map.; Inset: Environs of Birmingham [map]. Scale 1 inch = 5 miles.; Base map is Rand McNally & Co's New Business Atlas Map of Alabama c 1898.; Map extends into surrounding states.; Prime meridian: Greenwich.; Verso: Partial index to map, pp. 153, 156
Rand, McNally & Co (publisher)
Rand McNally and Company. (creator)
1901
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Prime meridian: Greenwich.; Directory of Chief Cities on top margin.; Directory of Railroads operating in Alabama printed in red at bottom center. Location of each is indicated by numbers printed in red on map.; Pp. 134-135 from an unidentified Rand McNally atlas.; Base map is Rand McNally & Co's New Business Atlas Map of Alabama c 1892.; Verso: Listing of railroads in operation, indices to cities, counties, rivers, creeks, islands, and mountains.
Rand McNally & Co (publisher)
Rand McNally and Company. (creator)
1895
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Relief shown by hachures.; Prime meridian: Greenwich; In lower margin: Join the Tide of Progress that Flows into Alabama; Shows counties, railroads, cities and towns.; "Rand McNally & Co.'s New 11 x 14 Map of Alabama. Copyright, 1912, by Rand, McNally & Co."
Rand McNally and Company (publisher)
Rand McNally and Company. (creator)
1912
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Relief shown by hachures.; Shows counties, cities and towns.; "Entered into Act of Congress, in the year 1860 by S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr. in the Clerks Office of the U.S. for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania."; In lower right margin: 26.; Decorative borders.; From an unidentified Mitchell atlas.
S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr (publisher)
Mitchell, S. Augustus (Samuel Augustus), 1792-1868. (creator)
1860
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Shows railroads and county boundaries.; Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington.; "64"--Lower right corner.
Bradley & Bro (publisher)
Bradley & Company. (creator)
1889
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Shows railroads and county boundaries.; Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington.; "64"--Lower right corner.
W.M. Bradley & Co (publisher)
Bradley & Company. (creator)
1896
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Shows railroads and county boundaries.; Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington.; "64"--Lower right corner.
William M. Bradley & Co (publisher)
Bradley & Company. (creator)
1893
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Relief shown by hachures.; Directory of Chief Cities on left margin.; Pp. 160-161 from an unidentified 1903 Rand McNally atlas.; Directory of Railroads operating in Alabama printed in red at top left.. Location of each is indicated by numbers printed in red on map.; Inset: Environs of Birmingham [map]. Scale 1 inch = 5 miles.; Base map is Rand McNally & Co's New Business Atlas Map of Alabama.; Map extends into surrounding states.; Prime meridian: Greenwich.; Numbered 160, 161; Verso: Partial index to map and list of railroads in operation, pp. 159, 162
Rand, McNally & Co (publisher)
Rand McNally and Company. (creator)
1903
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Relief shown by hachures.; Directory of Chief Cities on left margin.; Directory of Railroads operating in Alabama printed in red at bottom. Location of each is indicated by numbers printed in red on map.; Inset: Birmingham and vicinity. Scale 1 inch = 5 miles.; Base map is The Rand McNally new commercial atlas map of Alabama.; Map extends into surrounding states.; Prime meridian: Greenwich.; Verso is a shaded reproduction of map with primary roads over printed in red.; Verso map divided into 10 mile squares.
Rand, McNally & Co (publisher)
Rand McNally and Company. (creator)
1912
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Prime meridians: Greenwich, Washington.; "Entered... 1855 by J.H. Colton & Co...."; Shows railroads, common roads, canals, cities, towns, villages and P.O. locations.; Railroads date the map in the early 1880s.; Ornate border and No. 52 in upper right corner.; On verso: South America [a description].
G.W. and C.B. Colton & Co (publisher)
J.H. Colton & Co. (creator)
1881
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Prime meridians: Greenwich, Washington.; "Entered... 1882 by G.W. and C.B. Colton & Co...."; Shows railroads, common roads, canals, cities, towns, villages and P.O. locations.; Railroads date the map to about 1884.; Ornate border and No. 51 in upper right corner.; On verso: West Indies [a description].
G.W. and C.B. Colton & Co (publisher)
G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. (creator)
1884
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Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington.; Map is undated, but railroads have been extended since the 1895 edition.; List of 32 railroads at bottom.; Index to atlas in top and bottom margins. Index to map on verso.
Rand McNally & Co (publisher)
Rand McNally and Company. (creator)
1896
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Includes decorative border.; Prime meridians: Greenwich & Washington.; Pages 156 - 157 to an unidentified atlas. Page locations of Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi and Florida maps are printed down right margin.; Keyed to index; partial index on verso.; Relevant railroads are overprinted in red with the word "SOU", indicating a merger of lines into the Alabama Great Southern Railroad.; Neither cartographer nor publisher are stated. Mason credits this map to George F. Cram Company. It is virtually identical to an 1889 map of the same title, on which H. C. Huggins & Co. is listed as the responsible party. Cram may have been the actual cartographer of both maps.
H.C. Huggins & Co (publisher)
H.C. Huggins & Co. (creator)
George F. Cram Company. (contributor)
[1884?]
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Prime meridian: Greenwich.; Each county is colored separately.; Section of Rand, McNally & Co.'s New shippers' railroad map of the United States.
Rand McNally & Co (publisher)
Rand McNally and Company. (creator)
1894
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Prime meridians: Greenwich, Washington.; "Copyright 1886 by G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. N.Y.; Shows railroads, common roads, canals, cities, towns, villages and P.O. locations.; Ornate border and No. 51 in upper right corner.; On verso: West Indies [a description].
G.W. and C.B. Colton & Co (publisher)
G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. (creator)
1886
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Shows names of counties, towns, drainage, and other points of interest.; 3 profiles surrounding map.; Includes list of explanations.
Principal Office for Sale of Land (publisher)
Strobridge & Co. Lith. (contributor)
December 5th, 1874
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Relief shown by hachures.; Directory of Chief Cities on left margin.; Directory of Railroads operating in Alabama printed in red at bottom. Location of each is indicated by numbers printed in red on map.; Inset: Birmingham and vicinity. Scale 1 inch = 5 miles.; Base map is The Rand McNally new commercial atlas map of Alabama.; Map extends into surrounding states.; Prime meridian: Greenwich.
Rand, McNally & Co (publisher)
Rand McNally and Company. (creator)
1914
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