(RAILROADS) Report of the Engineers on the Reconnoissance an

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(RAILROADS.) Report of the Engineers, on the Reconnoissance and Surveys, made in Reference to the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road. 188, [1] pages. 8vo, later cloth; minor foxing; early gift inscription on title page, 1912 bookplate on front pastedown, inked number stamp on page 3. Baltimore, MD: William Wooddy, 1828

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This volume has impressive engineering provenance. The original gift inscription is from William Howard, chief of the railroad's original survey team, to Colonel [Sylvanus] Thayer of the Army Corps of Engineers, a seminal figure in the early history of West Point. In 1912, the book was owned by William Barclay Parsons, pioneering chief engineer of the New York subway system. Rink, Technical Americana 5870.