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APPENDIX A. 
The following table shows by States and groups of States, the mileage of rail- 
roads at the close of the decennial periods, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870. 
States and Groups of States. 
Length of Railroads — Miles. 
1840 
1850 
1860 
Maine 
13.00 
37 . 30. 
345.00 
467.00 
290.00 
1035.00 
68.00 
402.00 
472.00 
661.00 
554.00 
1264.00 
108.00 
601.00 
New Hampshire 
Vermont 
Massachusetts . . 
305.49 
57.90 
82.00 
Rhode Island . . 
Connecticut . .................................. 
New England 
493 . 69 
2507.00 
3660.00 
New York 
363.35 
197.05 
624.73 
39.10 
239.36 
1361.00 
206.00 
1240.00 
39.00 
259.00 
2682.00 
560.00 
2598.00 
127.00 
386.00 
New Jersey 
Pennsylvania 
Delaware . 
Maryland 
Middle Atlantic 
1463.68 
3105.00 
6353.00 
Ohio 
49.00 
118.90 
575.00 
342.00 
228.00 
111.00 
20.00 
2946 . 00 
779.00 
2163.00 
2790.00 
905.00 
Michigan . 
Indiana 
Illinois 
24.00 
Wisconsin 
Central Northern 
191.90 
1276.00 
9583.00 
Virginia 
284.71 
481.00 
1731.00 
West Virginia 
North Carolina 
91.60 
204.00 
275.00 
283.00 
289.00 
643.00 
21.00 
937.00 
973.00 
1420.00 
402.00 
South Carolina 
Georgia 
Florida 
South Atlantic 
'| 1055.31 
1717.00 
5463.00 
Alabama 
183.00 
75.00 
743.00 
862.00 
1253.00 
534.00 
335.00 
Mississippi 
46.00 
Tennessee 
Kentucky 
29.00 
26.50 
78.00 
80.00 
Louisiana 
Gulf and Missippi Valley 
101.50 
416.00 
3727.00 
-Tir* * «/ 
Missouri 
817.00 
38.00 
307 . 00 
Arkansas . . 
Texas . 
Kansas . 
Colorado 
Southwestern 
1162.00 
Iowa 
