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Title: Mouth of Kalamazoo River, Michigan from survey made between the 2d & 10th September 1856 by assistant John R. Mayer, under the direction of Brevet Lieut. Col. J.D. Graham, Major, U.S. Top. Engineers. Superintending Engineer of Lake Michigan Works.

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Dates

  • Issued: 1857
  • Coverage: 1856
  • Coverage: 1856 to 1856

Summary

North oriented toward right. "Soundings are in feet and tenths of a foot." "The figures on land express the elevations above the lake surface in feet and decimals. The horizontal curves or contour lines are drawn at intervals of 5 feet of perpendicular elevation." "Accompanying Lt. Colonel Graham's annual report (no. 200) to the Chief Top. Engineer, dated Chicago September 30th 1857." "Map G. No. 51." 1 map; 60 x 91 cm

Subjects

  • Harbors
  • Clark Library Map Collections
  • sprint-mar2020
  • 2022-creator-sprint
  • FixedBBoxes
  • bboxSprintJune2023
  • Michigan--Kalamazoo River
  • Michigan
  • Maps

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (-86.231494,-86.179034,42.695087,42.652074)

Provider

University of Michigan

Rights

  • Access rights: Public
  • This map is in the public domain.

Citation

Graham, J. D. (James Duncan), 1799-1865, Mayer, J. R. (John R.), United States. Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers. Mouth of Kalamazoo River, Michigan from survey made between the 2d & 10th September 1856 by assistant John R. Mayer, under the direction of Brevet Lieut. Col. J.D. Graham, Major, U.S. Top. Engineers. Superintending Engineer of Lake Michigan Works.. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clark1ic/x-001293831/39015091897143

Format

JPEG

Languages

  • eng