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Railroad System, United States, 1840

University of Nebraska--Lincoln · 1840 Full Details

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Title
Railroad System, United States, 1840
Description
This line shapefile represents the railroad network of the United States in 1840. This layer is part of the Railroads and the Making of Modern America project., This project seeks to document and represent the rapid and far-reaching social effects of railroads and to explore the transformation of the United States to modern ideas, institutions, and practices in the nineteenth century., This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.
Creator
Thomas, William G., 1964-
Publisher
University of Nebraska--Lincoln
Subject
Railroads, Transportation
Temporal Coverage
1840
Date Issued
2006
Rights
This dataset is freely available for academic use and other non-commercial use. Redistribution, or commercial use is not allowed without prior permission. You are free to create maps and use the data in other ways for publication in academic journals, books, reports, etc.
Access Rights
Public
Format
Shapefile
Language
English
Date Added
October 01, 2025

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  • Citation
    Thomas, William G., 1964- (2006). Railroad System, United States, 1840. University of Nebraska--Lincoln. (dataset)
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