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Auction 155, Lot 261
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"Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road Tide-Water Terminus, Elevators, etc., Locust Point, Baltimore [on verso] Map of Railroads Owned, Operated & Controlled by the Balto. & Ohio R.R. Co.", Railroad Companies, (Various)

Subject: Baltimore, Maryland

Period: 1876 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Black & White

Size:
21.8 x 7 inches
55.4 x 17.8 cm
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This crisp engraving shows the extensive rail terminus at Locust Point in Baltimore. A large grain elevator at center is surrounded by numerous tracks and cars with scores of boats on the Patapsco River in the background. The verso contains the Map of Railroads Owned, Operated & Controlled by the Balto & Ohio R.R. Co. (13.2 x 6.6"), with rail lines stretching west to Pittsburgh and Chicago and south to Salem and Danville, Virginia.

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Condition: B+

Issued folding with light toning primarily along the folds and a small damp stain adjacent to the left border. Right blank margin is creased.

Estimate: $150 - $200

Sold for: $100

Closed on 11/18/2015

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