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Map Showing the location of Sacramento Valley Railroad. Cal

Description: Showing a proposed extension to San Francisco and another extension north to Tehama. Excerpted from copy of Sacramento Valley Railroad Co. Report... San Francisco, 1855. "Sacramento, Sept. 7 1854. T. D. Judah, Chief Engineer." Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: 152921.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Date: 7 September 1854
Call number: 152921
Creator: Judah, Theodore D (1826-1863)(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: 27 x 55 cm
Associated organization: B.F. Butler's Lith.
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Map of the Sacramento Valley Railroad from the City of Sacramento To the crossing of the American River at Negro Bar, Sac. Co

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Negro Bar is now Folsom. "Sept 16th, 1854." "T. D. Judah, Chief Engineer." Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: 152922.

152922

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Theodore D. Judah papers

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Documents, from 1859 to 1877, and notebook, from 1854 and 1862, belonging to Theodore D. Judah, concerning the financing and construction of the California Eastern Extension Railroad. Also included is a pencil map by Judah plotting the route of the railroad, and a printed volume of First Annual of the Territorial Pioneers of California, 1877, with clippings and calling cards pasted inside. The notebook contains costs of iron and locomotives, an expense account, sketch maps and elevations, notes and observations on trips across the Sierra Nevada Mountains in 1862. It also includes distances, elevations, and temperatures measured on an 1854 trip across the Sierras taken with Collis P. Huntington and others.

mssHM 55637-55655

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Theodore D. Judah papers

Manuscripts

mssHM 55637-55655

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Official Railroad Map of California

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"Engraved and printed at the Matthews-Northrup Works, Buffalo, N.Y." "Copyrighted , 1922, by Henry G. Matthewson, Secretary" Submaps: Los Angeles and vicinity; San Francisco and vicinity: San Diego and vicinity; City of Sacramento. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: shaded. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography.

235547

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Official railroad map of California

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This is a duplicate of 235547 but a much cleaner copy. Submaps: Los Angeles and vicinity; San Francisco and vicinity: San Diego and vicinity; City of Sacramento. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: shaded. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: 40638.

40638

Plan of the Burnt District, Sacramento, Showing the Buildings which escaped

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Image is of a map from the levee to 7th St. (left to right) and from I St. to L St. (top to bottom). The Sacramento River is labeled at the far left, and Sutter Lake is labeled at the top. The blacked out portion of the map indicates where the fire occurred. Baird notes that this map is said to refer to the fire of July 13th, 1854. "Published by barber & Baker."--text, below image. "Noisy Carriers, San Francisco."--stamped text, upper right corner of image. Paper color: gray.

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Map Showing the location of Sacramento Valley Railroad. Cal

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