File:US Transcontinental Railroads 1887.jpg

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Composited digital restoration of the 1887 map entitled Diagram of the Transcontinental lines of road Showing the Original Central Pacific and Union Pacific And their Competitors.

Scanning, digital reconstruction, compositing, and restoration by DigitalImageServices.com (uploader)
Date (original map); 2002 (digital restoration)
Source The Cooper Collection of US Railroad History (private collection)
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United States Pacific Railway Commission
Report to the Congress of the United States

Senate Executive Document No. 51 (50th Congress, 1st Session) (original map)

DigitalImageServices.com (digital reconstruction & restoration)

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Please note that the use of this image (version dated 8 June 2009 with filesize 469 KB) is the result of a discussion on the English Wikipedia located here. Please do not upload any version of this image over the current version.

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  • 2009-06-02 21:07 Centpacrr 2060×1848× (479942 bytes) Diagram of the Transcontinental lines of road Showing the Original Central Pacific and Union Pacific And their Competitors. Prepared for the United States Pacific Railway Commission, 1887. <small>''The Cooper Collection of US Railroad History''</small>

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current11:40, 17 December 2010Thumbnail for version as of 11:40, 17 December 20102,060 × 1,848 (469 KB)HuntsterReverted to version as of 09:25, 8 June 2009; explained on user's talk page that licenses cannot be revoked.
05:27, 17 December 2010Thumbnail for version as of 05:27, 17 December 2010856 × 768 (149 KB)CentpacrrReverted to version as of 03:48, 17 December 2010
03:54, 17 December 2010Thumbnail for version as of 03:54, 17 December 20102,060 × 1,848 (469 KB)HuntsterReverted to version as of 09:25, 8 June 2009; please don't upload *lower* resolution images.
03:48, 17 December 2010Thumbnail for version as of 03:48, 17 December 2010856 × 768 (149 KB)Centpacrrscale
09:25, 8 June 2009Thumbnail for version as of 09:25, 8 June 20092,060 × 1,848 (469 KB)NE2Don't watermark images.
07:07, 8 June 2009Thumbnail for version as of 07:07, 8 June 20092,060 × 1,848 (453 KB)Centpacrr1887 100dpi restoration
02:02, 5 June 2009Thumbnail for version as of 02:02, 5 June 20091,879 × 1,269 (1.26 MB)Centpacrr{{Information |Description=US Transcontinental Railroads as of 1887 |Source=''The Cooper Collection of US Railroad History'' |Date=2009 |Author=DigitalImageServices.com (uploader) |Permission= |other_versions= }}
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