Central Pacific Railroad : proposed alignment
Abstract/Contents
- Table of contents
- [1] From Barmore Station to Clipper Gap -- [2] From Rattlesnake Bluffs to summit of Sierra Nevada -- [3] From summit of Sierra Nevada to Truckee River -- [4] From Dutch Flat to Rattlesnake Bluffs
Description
| Type of resource | cartographic |
|---|---|
| Form | map; unmediated; sheet |
| Extent | 1 manuscript map in 4 sections on 1 rolled sheet : ink on linen ; 77 x 2,017 cm |
| Place | California |
| Place | [Sacramento] |
| Publisher | [Office of the Secretary of State] |
| Publication date | 1861; 1861 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
| Map data | "1 in. = 400 ft." |
Creators/Contributors
| Engineer | Judah, Theodore D. (Theodore Dehone), 1826-1863 |
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Subjects
| Subject | Railroads > California > Maps > 19th century |
|---|---|
| Subject | California > Maps > 19th century |
| Subject | Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.) > Maps > 19th century |
| Subject | Nevada County (Calif.) > Maps > 19th century |
| Subject | Placer County (Calif.) > Maps > 19th century |
| Genre | Map |
| Genre | Government publication |
| Genre | Cartographic image |
| Genre | Maps. |
| Genre | Manuscript maps. |
Bibliographic information
| Note | Manuscript map created in preparation to construct the railroad across the Sierra Nevada mountain range in California. |
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| Note | Each section includes table of alignments and Judah's proposed route, part of which were not built on this alignment. |
| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/gh822ms4734 |
Access conditions
- Use and reproduction
- Image from the Central Pacific Railroad: Proposed Alignment, Maps and Plans Filed with the Secretary of State, MC1:11-2(169), California State Archives, Office of the Secretary of State, Sacramento, CA. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce commercially or for non-commercial use, please contact the David Rumsey Map Center at rumseymapcenter@stanford.edu.
- Copyright
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- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-SA).
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