REPORT OF MONCURE ROBINSON, OF PENNSYLVANIA, JONATHAN KNIGHT, OF MARYLAND, AND BENJAMIN WRIGHT, OF NEW-YORK, CIVIL ENGINEERS, UPON THE PLAN OF THE NEW-YORK AND ERIE RAIL ROAD.
New-York: Printed by George P. Scott & Co., 1835. 11, [1 blank] pp. Original printed blue wrappers [light foxing and soiling], stitched. Very Good.
Three distinguished civil engineers: Robinson built Virginia's first railroad and organized several others; Knight was chief engineer of the B&O Railroad; Wright made the survey for the New York and Erie railroad. Here they report on "points of increased difficulty" in the route.
FIRST EDITION. Thomson 1140. AI 34032 [5]. Item #22837
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