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  2. Pacific Railroad Surveys - Wikipedia

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    An illustration of Fort Massachusetts, Colorado, made during the surveys. The Pacific Railroad Surveys (1853–1855) were a series of explorations of the American West designed to find and document possible routes for a transcontinental railroad across North America.

  3. Ordnance Survey Great Britain County Series - Wikipedia

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    The Ordnance Survey began producing six inch to the mile (1:10,560) maps of Great Britain in the 1840s, modelled on its first large-scale maps of Ireland from the mid-1830s. This was partly in response to the Tithe Commutation Act 1836 which led to calls for a large-scale survey of England and Wales .

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  5. Wallsend - Wikipedia

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    The town has expanded greatly in terms of housing since the end of World War II, and since the 1960s. Wallsend Town Centre—including the main shopping area known as the "Wallsend Forum"—is in fact to the west of the land covered by the town. To the north of this area lies the older estate of High Farm and the new estate of Hadrian Lodge.

  6. 1854 in the United States - Wikipedia

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    January 18 – Robert M. Charlton, U.S. Senator from Georgia from 1852 to 1853 (born 1807) March 11 – Willard Richards , religious leader (born 1804 ) April 6 – William Strickland , architect and civil engineer (born 1788 )

  7. John Williams Gunnison - Wikipedia

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    The land between: Dr. James Schiel's account of the Gunnison-Beckwith expedition into the West, 1853-1854. Great West and Indian series, v.9. Los Angeles: Westernlore Press. p. 1. OCLC 1831916. Young, Brigham (1857). "Declaration of Martial law". Territory of Utah. Archived from the original on 2008-09-06

  8. Mount Sugarloaf (New South Wales) - Wikipedia

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    G.H. Hammersley - Australia Illustrated, ca. 1777–1855. Mitchell Library, Stat Library of New South Wales. The Awabakal people called the mountain Warrawelong and it is a significant site for the Awabakal. [3] It provides a vantage point to view all Awabakal lands and is an important teaching place.

  9. William Henry Bartlett - Wikipedia

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    William Henry Bartlett (26 March 1809 – 13 September 1854) was a British artist, best known for his numerous drawings rendered into steel engravings. Biography [ edit ]