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MAP #: 335T5
CARTOGRAPHER : TRAUTWINE, JOHN C.
DATE: 1835
SHORT TITLE : MAP AND PROFILE OF THE ROUTE OF
THE WILMINGTON AND SUSQUEHANNA RAILROAD,
REMAINING TITLE & ID : LAID DOWN FROM SURVEYS MADE UNDER
THE PERSONAL DIRECTION OF WILLIAM STRICKLAND CIVIL ENGr. BY JOHN C.
TRAUTWINE. PRINCIPAL ASSIST. ENGr. (TITLE, SURROUNDED BY WAVY LINES
IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT). "JOUR. FRANK. INSTITUTE." (TOP LEFT CORNER).
SCALE OF 3 MILES (TOP CENTER). "VOL. 15. PLATE 4." (TOP RIGHT
CORNER). "LEHMAN & DUVAL LITHrs. No. 67 DOCK STREET OPPOSITE THE
EXCHANGE PHILADELPHIA." (BOTTOM LEFT CORNER). "ON STONE BY G.J.
BECKER." (BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER). PROFILE OF THE HEIGHT OF THE AREA
SHOWN IN THE MAP RELATIVE TO HIGH WATER AT WILMINGTON (ACROSS
BOTTOM OF MAP). NORTH POINTING ARROW (LOWER LEFT). THERE IS
NOTHING IN THE MARGINS. MAP IS ORIENTED WITH NORTHWEST AT THE TOP.
THERE IS NOTHING ON THE REVERSE SIDE AND NO WATERMARK. LONGITUDE
AND LATITUDE (NOT SHOWN).
DATE OF PUBLICATION : S1835
PLACE OF PUBLICATION : PHILADELPHIA
PUBLISHER : THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE
LANGUAGE(S) : EN
SIZE (HEIGHT X WIDTH) : 18.9 X 68.9 CM.
SIZE - OTHER DATA : 20.9 X 71.6 CM. OM
SCALE - (RF) 1: : 63,300
SCALE - OTHER DATA :
LIB. OF CONGRESS # : -
Md. HALL OF RECORDS # 1 : MSA SC1399-658(1)
# 2 : MSA SC1399-658(2) (TEXT)
HUNTINGFIELD ACQ. # 1 : A014-UIHQ*
# 2 : A014-UIHQ* (TEXT)
REGION CATEGORY : DETAILED MAP OF PART OF THE
MD/CHESAPEAKE AREA (2)
SPECIAL CATEGORY(IES) : RAILROAD MAP (8)
# SHEETS TO MAP : 1
MAP ORIENTATION : NW IS AT THE TOP OF THE MAP.
RELIEF SHOWN ? : YES
HYDROGRAPHIC DATA : NONE
CARTOUCHE : CURLED LINES (19)
BORDER : PLAIN (2)
PRIME MERIDIAN(S) : NONE
SEE ALSO MAP #s : 335T5(2) (TEXT).
BEST INFO SOURCE : THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE
JOURNAL.
DESCRIPTION : THIS IS ONE OF THE EARLIEST OF
RAILROAD MAPS FOR MARYLAND, ASIDE FROM THOSE MADE FOR THE BALTIMORE
AND OHIO RAILROAD. IT SHOWS THE PROPOSED ROUTE FOR A LINE BETWEEN
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE AND NORTH EAST, MARYLAND. IT WAS PUBLISHED
AS PLATE 4 IN VOLUME 15 OF THE JOURNAL OF THE FRANKLIN
INSTITUTE, DATED APRIL, 1835 AND ACCOMPANIED AN "ADDRESS UPON
A PROPOSED RAIL-ROAD FROM WILMINGTON TO THE SUSQUEHANNA, TOGETHER
WITH A REPORT OF THE SURVEY MADE BY WILLIAM STRICKLAND, ESQ.,
ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER. (WITH A MAP.)"
THE MAP ITSELF IS A LITHOGRAPH DRAWN BY JOHN C. TRAUTWINE,
ENGRAVED ON STONE BY G.J. BECKER AND PRINTED BY THE FIRM OF LEHMAN
& DUVAL OF PHILADELPHIA. ACCORDING TO THE TRANSMITTAL LETTER
ACCOMPANYING THE REPORT AND MAP BY STRICKLAND TO JOSHUA GILPIN,
CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE OF SUPERINTENDENCE, APPOINTED BY A TOWN
MEETING OF THE CITIZENS OF WILMINGTON, THE MAP EXHIBITS "...THE
ROUTE AND GRADE OF THE ROAD, TOGETHER WITH THE PRINCIPAL STREAMS,
COMMON ROADS, AND TOWNS, WHICH LIE IN AND ARE ADJACENT TO, THE
TRACK." THE PRINCIPAL ROADS ARE SHOWN AS DOUBLE LINES, THE
RAILROAD AS A SINGLE BLACK LINE AND THE BUILDINGS IN THE VILLAGES
ALONG THE ROUTE ARE SHOWN SYMBOLICALLY.
AN ACT OF INCORPORATION IN 1832 OF A COMPANY IN DELAWARE,
AUTHORIZED IT, WITH "COMPETENT CAPITAL", TO BUILD A RAILROAD FROM
WILMINGTON TO THE STATE LINE WITH MARYLAND IN THE DIRECTION OF THE
SUSQUEHANNA. THAT SAME YEAR, THE MARYLAND LEGISLATURE PASSED AN
ACT PROVIDING FOR A CONTINUATION OF THE RAILROAD THROUGH THE STATE.
BOTH COMPANIES HAD AUTHORIZED CAPITAL OF $400,000 AND, AFTER THE
CAPITAL WAS SUBSCRIBED, THEY WERE AUTHORIZED TO MERGE INTO ONE
COMPANY.
THE COMMITTEE HEADED BY GILPIN EMPLOYED WILLIAM STRICKLAND TO
SURVEY THE ROUTE TO NORTH EAST, MARYLAND FROM WILMINGTON. NORTH
EAST IS WITHIN FIVE MILES OF THE SUSQUEHANNA. THE ROUTE CHOSEN WAS
RECOMMENDED FOR ITS SHORTNESS, ITS CAPACITY FOR CONSTANT USE IN ALL
SEASONS OF THE YEAR (ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT WHEN NAVIGATION WAS
OBSTRUCTED DURING THE WINTER SEASON), ITS CONNECTION WITH THE
SUSQUEHANNA RIVER, AND THE CHARACTER OF THE COUNTRY THROUGH WHICH
THE LINE PASSES (POPULOUS, MANY MILLS, WELL INDUSTRIALIZED AND
STRATEGICALLY LOCATED).
STRICKLAND'S REPORT DATED FEBRUARY 10, 1835 COMMENTS IN DETAIL
ON THE AREA COVERED. HE POINTS OUT THE STRAIGHTNESS OF THE COURSE,
ITS RELATIVE LEVELNESS AND ITS SOIL CHARACTERISTICS. HE ESTIMATES
THE TOTAL EXPENSE FROM WILMINGTON TO NORTH EAST AT $507,623, PLUS
3% FOR CONTINGENCIES AND SUPERVISION. THIS INCLUDES BRIDGES AND
EMBANKMENTS AT RED CLAY, WHITE CLAY AND THE BIG AND LITTLE ELK
RIVERS, DRAINS, CULVERTS, WHARFING AND FENCING ALONG THE ROUTE AT
A COST OF $169,485 AND $19,000 A MILE FOR THE LINE ITSELF.
WILLIAM STRICKLAND WAS AN IMPORTANT ARCHITECT, RESPONSIBLE FOR
THE SECOND BANK OF THE UNITED STATES IN PHILADELPHIA, AMONG OTHER
CREDITS.
DATA IS PRIMARILY FROM THE JOURNAL OF THE FRANKLIN
INSTITUTE AND FROM OBSERVATION OF THE COPY IN THE HUNTINGFIELD
COLLECTION.
EDITION & STATE INFO : ONLY A SINGLE EDITION AND STATE
ARE KNOWN TO THE WRITER.
HFC OWNERSHIP DATA : THE HUNTINGFIELD COLLECTION HAS
A GOOD COPY OF THIS BLACK AND WHITE MAP AND THE PORTION OF THE
JOURNAL OF THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE FROM WHICH IT WAS TAKEN. THE
MAP IS CLOSE CROPPED ON THE RIGHT, WITH TINY TEARS EXTENDING INTO
THE BORDER LINES. THERE ARE SEVERAL SMALL BROWN SPOTS IN THE TOP
MARGIN. OTHERWISE THE COPY IS GOOD. IT HAS AN ACQUISITION # OF
A014-UIH AND A MDHR # OF MSA SC1399-658(1). THE TEXT WHICH IT
ACCOMPANIED HAS A MDHR # OF MSA SC1399-658(2).
BIBLIGRAPHICAL REFS. : "ADDRESS UPON A PROPOSED
RAIL-ROAD FROM WILMINGTON TO THE SUSQUEHANNA, TOGETHER WITH A
REPORT OF THE SURVEY MADE BY WILLIAM STRICKLAND, ESQ., ARCHITECT
AND ENGINEER, (WITH A MAP.)", IN THE JOURNAL OF THE FRANKLIN
INSTITUTE, VOL. XV, No. 4, PHILADELPHIA: APRIL, 1835, 225-234.
February 28, 1993
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