File:1839 Gettysburg RR Map planned.jpg

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Description Map and Profile of the Gettysburg Railroad as surveyed by order of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, 1839.
This map depicts the planned route of a railroad called the "Gettysburg Railroad", that was partially built during 1833-39. The uncompleted road, which was designed to head west from Gettysburg, Pensylvania to the Potomac River in Maryland, was nickamed the "Tapeworm Railroad" by its detractors. (Another company called Gettysburg Railroad built a different line, from Gettysburg eastward during 1856-58.)

The Tapeworm right-of-way depicted here was later used by the Susquehanna, Gettysburg and Potomac Railway and its successor, the Baltimore and Harrisburg Railway to build a line west to Highfield, Maryland. These companies were acquired by the Western Maryland Railway in 1917.
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This map is available from the United States Library of Congress's Geography & Map Division
under the digital ID g3824g.rr004170.
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Author Henry Roe Campbell, Civil Engineer
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current02:20, 3 June 2010Thumbnail for version as of 02:20, 3 June 201010,075 × 3,819 (17.46 MB)Caseyjonz (talk | contribs)1839 map of the planned Gettysburg Railroad, a predecessor of the Western Maryland Railway. {{LOC-map|id=g3824g.rr004170}} {{PD-old}} Category:Maps of Maryland [[Category:Maps of Pennsylvani

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