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| Title | Railway guide to the Illinois Central Rail Road lands |
| Alternate Title | The Illinois Central Rail-Road Company offers for sale over 2, 000, 000 acres selected farming and wood lands, in tracts of forty acres and upwards, to suit purchasers, on long credits, and at low rates of interest, situated on each side of their rail-road, extending all the way from the extreme north to the south of the state of Illinois |
| Description | Map is tipped into the front of "The Illinois Central Rail-Road Company offers for sale over 2, 000, 000 acres selected farming and wood lands...." Shows railroad routes from the east coast to the Mississippi river and north of the Ohio river. Shows both existing railrroads and those not yet developed. |
| Subject | Maps
Railroads
Railroad route maps
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| Geographic Location | United States |
| Time Period | 1850-1860 |
| Creator | Illinois Central Railroad Company |
| Publisher | New York: John W. Amerman, printer |
| Contributors | Geo. C. Rand & Avery, lithographers |
| Date | 1856 |
| Type | Image |
| Format | jpeg |
| Identifier | Finley Collection |
| Language | eng |
| Is Part Of | The Illinois Central Rail-Road Company offers for sale over 2, 000, 000 acres selected farming and wood lands, in tracts of forty acres and upwards, to suit purchasers, on long credits, and at low rates of interest, situated on each side of their rail-road, extending all the way from the extreme north to the south of the state of Illinois |
| Rights | See http://library.knox.edu/digitalcollections/rightsinfo.htm |
| Collection | Railroads in the Midwest, Early Documents and Images (Knox College) |
| Date Digital | 2009-10-19 |
| Physical Description | 11 x 9 in. |
| Filename | Railway_Guide_ICRR_1856.jpg |
