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Description

Rare (possibly a proof) state of this interesting early map of the southeastern Railroad lines in Southern Georgia, Southern Alabama and Northern Florida.

The map would seem to be a proof state, with a number of unfinished qualities to it. The red lines may be proposed additions. We also note the misspelling of the word Distance (top left) and that there is no title to the map.

Based upon the lines in existence and lines in formation, we date the map as somewhere between 1851 to 1853:

  • The Mobile & Girard Railroad was formed in 1850 and had completed the road from Girard to Union Springs by 1860.
  • The Opelika Rail Road (Ohelike on this map) was in the process of being formed in 1853
  • The South Western Railroad reached the town of Americus in 1854.
  • The Alabama & Florida Railroad was formed in 1850 and the entire route was completed in 1861.
  • The West Point & Atlanta Railroad (actually name: Atlanta & West Point Railroad) was charted in 1847, completed in 1854, and had changed its name by 1857.
  • The Montgomery & West Point Railroad was formed in 1843 and completed to West Point by 1851.
  • The Muscogee Railroad was formed in 1845 to connect Columbus with the Central of Georgia. The Muscogee failed to complete the line and the Southwestern Railroad built a branch from Fort Valley to the Muscogee's eastern end. By June 1853, the connection was completed.
  • The Muscogee was consolidated into the Southwestern Railroad in 1856.

Francis & Loutrel were apparently job printers in New York, referring to themselves as:

Francis & Loutrel, manufacturing stationers, steam job printers and lithographers, 45 Maiden Lane, New York, importers and dealers in every variety of paper, fancy and staple stationery, manufacturers of all sizes, styles and qualities of blank books

We have not located any other examples of the map.

Condition Description
Red lines and other manuscript annotations.