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Learn more about Railroad Valuation maps, and help identify features and details to make them searchable by name and location!

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> Workin' on the Railroad: Help Tag Railroad Valuation Maps
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> Under the Valuation Act of 1913, the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) used Railroad Valuation maps to help evaluate railroad property. The original maps were created between 1915 and 1920 by ICC and railroad employees who were tasked with inventorying most of the rail lines in the United States. The information within these maps was to be used to determine rates for transportation of freight via those rail lines.  
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> Valuation Section 7, Sheet 12, 6/30/1917, Valuation Maps for the Lehigh Valley Railroad. National Archives Identifier 100306531
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> In the Cartographic Branch at the National Archives, these records are part of RG 134: Records of the Interstate Commerce Commission, totaling approximately 11,000 cubic feet of materials. Mostly blueprints, these maps are divided into two sub-groups: the original valuation maps and the revised maps.  
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> The records are among the most requested records from the Cartographic Branch, and the wealth of information found within these maps makes it easy to see why. The revised maps were updated until approximately 1960, and allows you to follow changes in the railroad over time. These maps contain a wealth of detail, including information about the railroad's facilities along the rail lines, land adjacent to the railroad (sometimes bearing the land owner's name), the layout of city blocks at the time the map was drawn, and who was operating the railroad at the time.
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> Valuation Section 16.1, Sheet 3, Valuation Maps for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. National Archives Identifier 109181929
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> As more of these maps are digitized and available to view in the National Archives Catalog, we've created a special tagging mission for our citizen archivists: help us identify geographic locations and landowner information within each map! Tagging these features and details within the maps will help make these records searchable by name and location.  
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> For example, in this valuation map for the Southern Railway Company in North Carolina, look for the names of cities, landowners, or grantors within the record. Type the names you see in the Tag field. The next time you search for those names and locations, this map will be among the search results!
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> Add tags to identify geographic locations and landowner information, such as: Jim Breedlove, E.H. Jennings, Toxaway Inn N.C., Lake Toxaway
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> Special thanks to Carol Swain, Amy Edwards, Ryan McPherson, and  Peter Brauer for their insight on this topic. Learn more about how to research these records in their post on the Unwritten Record blog.  
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