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Nostalgia & History > US RR map (says 1854)Date: 05/27/23 14:09 US RR map (says 1854) Author: timz Says it shows all the RRs in the US --
meaning nothing west of Iowa? https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/agdm/id/21897/rec/20 Lots of lines on the map, but most don't have the crosshatching that says they're operating. Most are just under construction, it seems. Date: 05/27/23 22:51 Re: US RR map (says 1854) Author: nedzarp 1854 map. No rails out west yet.
Date: 05/28/23 01:52 Re: US RR map (says 1854) Author: timz That's the question -- were there no rails at all west of the Missouri?
Date: 05/29/23 07:21 Re: US RR map (says 1854) Author: Mid_Iowa_Rails That's correct.
Keep in mind, at this time the first transcontinental railroad was about a decade in the future. There had been proposed routes (some of which are indicated on that map), but the southern states wanted a southern route (basically what would become the SP's Sunset route), so Congress was at an impasse. It wasn't until the secession of the southern states that Congress could finally authorize a route in 1862, and construction began a year later though would remain constrained by the demands on men and material for the war effort until the war's end in 1865. |