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Map showing definite location of 23,682 miles of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway

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Call NumberColorado Railroad Museum mapAlternate TitleMap showing definite location of 23,682 miles of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railway, in connection with surveyed lands of the United States, in Utah TerritoryDate1881ScaleScale approximately 1:24,000Type of MapRailroad mapsPhysical Description1 manuscript map : color ; on sheet 183 x 74 cmBorn-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectDenver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company--MapsRailroads--Right of way--Utah--MapsGeographic AreaUtahCollectionMapsType of MaterialMapsManuscript mapsDigital Version Created FromLoan, Colorado Railroad Museum, 2014NotesRelief shown by hachures. Manuscript map drawn in black, red, and blue ink. " ... survey of the line ... from a point near a ford of the Price River now known as Dead Horse Crossing, running in a southerly direction, across Castle Valley Desert to a point six miles North East of Powell's ranch on Huntingdon Creek in Utah Territory, a distance of 23,682 miles." References below title: "The red line represents the final and definite location of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railway, Figures in red designate stations on the railway survey." Shows township, range, and section grid. Item owned by the Colorado Railroad Museum and loaned to the Denver Public Library, Western History and Genealogy Dept. for scanning.Item Owned ByColorado Railroad MuseumLanguageeng

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Map showing definite location of 23,682 miles of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway