This is an image of Main Street in Columbus, Ohio in The Book of the Great Railway Celebrations of 1857.
THE CAPITAL OF OHIO,—THE EASTERN TERMINUS OF THE LITTLE MIAMI RAILROAD, AND WESTERN TERMINUS OF THE CENTRAL OHIO ROAD,—119 MILES EAST FROM CINCINNATI, AND 137 MILES WEST FROM BELLAIRE.
Source: The Book of the Great Railway Celebrations of 1857
Source: Embracing a Full Account of the Opening of the Ohio & Mississippi , and the Marietta & Cincinnati Railroads , and the Northwestern Virginia Branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad with Histories and Descriptions of the Same; and an Account of the Subsequent Excursion to Baltimore , Washington and Norfolk , and the Receptions and Entertainments There of the State Authorities of Ohio , and the Municipal Representatives of St. Louis , Cincinnati and Chillicothe .