Map of the Union Pacific Railroad and Connections, c. 1867
From: "MilaDiNapoli" mila.ma@wanadoo.fr
I am a French scholar (PhD) working on Railroad maps. ... I would need the source of some of them, which is not mentioned. This information may be of great importance in explaining its use. ... For example, could you tell me where the map entitled Map of the Union Pacific Railroad and its Connections comes from?
—Mila Di Napoli
posted from CPRR Discussion Group at 4:45 AM
8 Comments:
Whatever information we have available is noted on the webpage on which the map image is displayed, which can be reached from the CPRR Museum's maps exhibit.
The "Map of the Union Pacific Railroad and its Connections" as you see it online is the complete item as it was found, so we have no way of knowing the publication details beyond what appears on the map.
If this was not printed separately, but included in a publication, our best guess is that this could have been a foldout map made a part of an earlier Union Pacific Railroad Company prospectus or report similar to the one shown as page "D" of the report Progress of the Union Pacific railroad west from Omaha, Nebraska, across the continent, making, with its connections, an unbroken line from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.
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Can anyone verify that this map came from a UPRR progress report or prospectus, and if so, which one?
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From: "Don Snoddy" ddsnoddy@cox.net
These maps were from
"UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD ACROSS THE CONTINENT WEST FROM OMAHA, NEBRASKA ... AN UNBROKEN LINE FROM THE ATLANTIC TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN"
There were various editions in 1867, 68 etc.
—Don
From: "Randy Hees" hees@rcn.com
There are some interesting "errors" on the map which suggest it dates a bit earlier, probably 1864 or before.
It shows the line going south of the Great Salt Lake, not north as laid.
The Union Pacific is shown as extending to the California Border... (it is a heavier line that the CP) as described in the original Pacific Railroad Act (later extended to allow the lines to meet in Utah).
The route from Sacramento to Oakland is strange.... and listed as Central Pacific, not Western Pacific. The original Western Pacific line, defined by mid 1863 (and not accepted by an update of the Pacific Railroad Act until late 1864) was to San Jose, not Oakland, and the Oakland extension would not be defined until after the CP takeover of the Western Pacific late1867/early 1868.
—Randy Hees
Is this series that you mention the same publication, or where there two series with different purposes?:
From: "Don Snoddy" ddsnoddy@cox.net
They had at least two different titles but were essentially the same publication. Different years if I remember correctly. Here is a list of the copies at the UP Museum.
PRIMARY AUTHOR
Title
PUBLISHER
DATE
LOCATION
(NO AUTHOR INDICATED)
Union Pacific Railroad Across The Continent West From Omaha, Nebraska ... An Unbroken Line From The Atlantic To The Pacific Ocean
BROWN & HEWITT
1870
NEW YORK, N.Y.
(NO AUTHOR INDICATED)
Union Pacific Railroad Across The Continent West From Omaha, Nebraska ... An Unbroken Line From The Atlantic To The Pacific Ocean
C.A. ALVORD
1868
NEW YORK, N.Y.
(NO AUTHOR INDICATED)
Union Pacific Railroad Across The Continent West From Omaha, Nebraska ... An Unbroken Line From The Atlantic To The Pacific Ocean
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD
1870
NEW YORK
Union Pacific
Union Pacific Railroad Across The Continent West From Omaha, Nebraska ... An Unbroken Line From The Atlantic To The Pacific Ocean
Union Pacific - C A Alvord
1868
New York
(NO AUTHOR INDICATED)
Union Pacific Railroad Across The Continent West From Omaha, Nebraska ... An Unbroken Line From The Atlantic To The Pacific Ocean
BROWN & HEWITT
1870
NEW YORK,N.Y.
(NO AUTHOR INDICATED)
Union Pacific Railroad Across The Continent West From Omaha, Nebraska ... An Unbroken Line From The Atlantic To The Pacific Ocean
C.A. ALVORD
1868
NEW YORK, N.Y.
(NO AUTHOR INDICATED)
Union Pacific Railroad Across The Continent West From Omaha, Nebraska ... An Unbroken Line From The Atlantic To The Pacific Ocean
BROWN & HEWITT
1870
NEW YORK, N.Y.
(NO AUTHOR INDICATED)
Union Pacific Railroad Across The Continent West From Omaha, Nebraska ... An Unbroken Line From The Atlantic To The Pacific Ocean
WYNKOOP & HALLENBECK
1867
NEW YORK
(NO AUTHOR INDICATED)
Union Pacific Railroad Across The Continent West From Omaha, Nebraska ... An Unbroken Line From The Atlantic To The Pacific Ocean
WYNKOOP & HALLENBECK
1867(?)
NEW YORK
(NO AUTHOR INDICATED)
Union Pacific Railroad Across The Continent West From Omaha, Nebraska ... An Unbroken Line From The Atlantic To The Pacific Ocean
BROWN & HEWITT
1870
NEW YORK,N.Y.
(NO AUTHOR INDICATED)
Union Pacific Railroad Across The Continent West From Omaha, Nebraska ... An Unbroken Line From The Atlantic To The Pacific Ocean
BROWN & HEWITT
1870
NEW YORK, N.Y.
(NO AUTHOR INDICATED)
Union Pacific Railroad Across The Continent West From Omaha, Nebraska ... An Unbroken Line From The Atlantic To The Pacific Ocean
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD
1868
NEW YORK
(NO AUTHOR INDICATED)
Union Pacific Railroad Across The Continent West From Omaha, Nebraska ... An Unbroken Line From The Atlantic To The Pacific Ocean
C.A. ALVORD
1868
NEW YORK, N.Y.
(NO AUTHOR INDICATED)
Union Pacific Railroad Across The Continent West From Omaha, Nebraska ... An Unbroken Line From The Atlantic To The Pacific Ocean
C.A. ALVORD
1868
NEW YORK,N.Y.
(NO AUTHOR INDICATED)
Union Pacific Railroad Across The Continent West From Omaha, Nebraska ... An Unbroken Line From The Atlantic To The Pacific Ocean
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD
1868
NEW YORK
(NO AUTHOR INDICATED)
Union Pacific Railroad Across The Continent West From Omaha, Nebraska ... An Unbroken Line From The Atlantic To The Pacific Ocean
BROWN & HEWITT
1870
NEW YORK, N.Y.
(NO AUTHOR INDICATED)
Union Pacific Railroad Across The Continent West From Omaha, Nebraska ... An Unbroken Line From The Atlantic To The Pacific Ocean
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD
1868
NEW YORK
(NO AUTHOR INDICATED)
Union Pacific Railroad Across The Continent West From Omaha, Nebraska ... An Unbroken Line From The Atlantic To The Pacific Ocean
C.A. ALVORD
1868
NEW YORK, N.Y.
(NO AUTHOR INDICATED)
Union Pacific Railroad Across The Continent West From Omaha, Nebraska ... An Unbroken Line From The Atlantic To The Pacific Ocean
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD
1868
NEW YORK
(NO AUTHOR INDICATED)
Union Pacific Railroad Across The Continent West From Omaha, Nebraska ... An Unbroken Line From The Atlantic To The Pacific Ocean
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD
1868
NEW YORK
(NO AUTHOR INDICATED)
Union Pacific Railroad Across The Continent West From Omaha, Nebraska ... An Unbroken Line From The Atlantic To The Pacific Ocean
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD
1868
NEW YORK
(NO AUTHOR INDICATED)
Union Pacific Railroad Across The Continent West From Omaha, Nebraska ... An Unbroken Line From The Atlantic To The Pacific Ocean
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD
1868
NEW YORK
—Don
I have an original printed copy of this map which was on page 216 of the newspaper "Northwestern Christian Advocate" dated July 3, 1867. It occupies the top third of the page of this tabloid and was probably reproduced from the prospectus.
EVENING GAZETTE, Boston, Mass., July 25, 1868
ADVERTISEMENTS.
700 MILES
of the
UNION PACIFIC
RAILROAD
Are now finished and in active operation. One hundred and sixty miles have been built in the last three months. More than twenty thousand men are employed, and this average of forty miles per month will be continued throughout the season, making NINE HUNDRED COMPLETED MILES by January 1st, and it is now probable that the ENTIRE GRAND LINE TO THE PACIFIC WILL BE OPEN FOR BUSINESS IN 1869.
No other first-class railroad in the world has been built and equipped so rapidly as the Union Pacific, which runs west from Omaha
ACROSS THE CONTINENT.
The United States Government makes of this railroad a GREAT NATIONAL WORK, and aids its construction by very liberal grants of money and of lands. To further insure the speedy completion of the Road, the Company are authorized to issue their own
FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS
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