DB Cooke Railway Guide for Illinois -1855

Interesting note: Notice the name of current day Assumption on this map.

Title: D.B. Cooke & Co’s railway guide for Illinois shewing all the stations with their respective distances connecting with Chicago.
Summary: Outline map showing “R.R. in operation” and “R.R. in Progress.” [From published bibliography]
Contributor Names: D.B. Cooke & Co.
Created / Published: Chicago, 1855.
Subject Headings:

  • Railroads–Illinois–Maps
  • United States–Illinois
    Notes
  • Scale ca. 1:850,000.
  • Hand colored.
  • LC Railroad maps, 203
  • Shows railroads in operation and progress.
  • Includes index, list of railroads, and inset “Rail-road connections.”
  • Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
  • AACR2: 110; 650

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