Looking for old PA Railroad maps in north central Pa

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Hi all, In north central Pa, Potter, Elk counties etc, there were a lot of smaller railroads installed for the lumber boom back in the day. Is there a resource that may have maps or data showing locations on a county wide or state wide basis. My main interest is in the north central region of Pa. Would my best bet be to start at a local level? Thanks in advance.
 

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I would check Historical Societies of that area . Libraries are a good source also .
 

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Looked this up the other day, may be helpful.
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Actually Me :laughing7:

Let me start by saying Sorry So many Prints.
But since I am not checking Quality before Posting them.
Hopefully I got the whole area Your interested in. Maybe in Triplicate here :(

This is from an 1872 Railway Map

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here is 1892 P&R RR doesn't quite Go over far enough

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next up 1899

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1902 Buffalo and Susquehanna

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1846

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c1700 Indian paths

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c 1790 highway development Courtesy P.S.U.


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again.... Sorry for the Random pics with no real check of quality !

But due to time constraints & the Amount of Maps
I have I just went with the ones that cover that general area.

As you can also see not all are Rail Road Maps.

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also as you can see I have a bunch.

if Interested, I would part with them.
but in spite of the fact they are Dog eared, Folded &
copies. not perfect shape, No originals.

I won't let them go for less then $20.00.

Simply because it would probably cost a 3rd of that to ship them. Maybe more.
 

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Well tomorrow is the first day of hunting here in Potter County.. sure is nice to have NO EMI at all to deal with! Hope I find something more interesting than bullets and shell casings but I am thinking YES I WILL!
 

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Back from Conrad PA.. nothing but nails and iron to show for it.. well one copper disk that resembles a coin but is 1" in diameter and perfectly smooth.. no clue what it was.. maybe a knock out from a copper electrical box.. or a rail road token?? Over all very disappointing MDing trip.
Saw a lot of old photos of the village once I got there and it is obvious why it was so trashed with iron.
 

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Back from Conrad PA.. nothing but nails and iron to show for it.. well one copper disk that resembles a coin but is 1" in diameter and perfectly smooth.. no clue what it was.. maybe a knock out from a copper electrical box.. or a rail road token?? Over all very disappointing MDing trip.
Saw a lot of old photos of the village once I got there and it is obvious why it was so trashed with iron.

that's pretty close to how my whole year has been going so far :unhappysmiley:
anyway , still cool to get out there... keep pushin' :thumbsup:
 

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