[RAILROADS] - Drawings of Maps, Bridges, Profiles, Coal Burning Locomotives, Chairs, Brakes, Splices, & C. Accompanying the Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners for 1856

Albany, NY, C. Van Benthuysen, 1857. First Edition. Hardcover. Original gilt-lettered brown cloth (6" x 9-1/4") rebacked with later black cloth. Complete with 2 folding maps and 46 plates, most folding. There is a very large folding hand-colored map of the state of New York and a smaller folding map of the cities of New York and Brooklyn showing the routes of the horse railroads. The plates depict bridges, coal-burning locomotives, tunnels, etc. including profile maps of railroad routes. Issued by the New York Board of Railroad Commissioners, this volume is a veritable treasure trove of images related to mid-19th century railroadiana. Occasional very minor tear or stain but quite clean and whole, firmly bound. Near Fine .

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