Drawings Of Maps Bridges Profiles Coal Burning Locomotives Chairs Brakes Splices &c. Accompanying The Report Of The Board Of Railroad Commissioners For 1856
1857TB31218Albany NY: Printed by C. Van Benthuysen 1857. First Edition. Very good- in its original patterned dark brown cloth covered boards with gilt text on the front board. A small quarto of 9 by 5 5/8 inches with heavy wear to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine such that the cloth is worn down to the edges of the text block. The cloth is also worn through in several spots at the lower edges of the boards. The upper 1 1/2 inches of both joints are splitting from their respective boards. Without a dust jacket. No pagination. Illustrated throughout with two large fold-out maps 8 plans of bridges 5 locomotives from the Hudson River line two from the New Haven Railroad and one from the Long Island Railroad Rail sections from the New York Central Albany and West Stockbridge and Hudson River Railroads 7 drawings for tunnels 3 miscellaneous drawings and 29 profiles. The profile for the New York and Erie Railroad has been spliced at a torn fold line. Printed by C. Van Benthuysen hardcover books
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