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Title: St. Joseph harbor, Michigan from survey made between the 14th & 27th August 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

The soundings are in feet & 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 J.D. Graham's annual report (no. 161) to the Chief Topographical Engineer, dated Chicago, November 15th 1857." "Map G. No. 47." 1 map; 66 x 96 cm

Subjects

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

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (-86.505251,-86.458902,42.128936,42.096081)

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. St. Joseph harbor, Michigan from survey made between the 14th & 27th August 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-001293822/39015091896996

Format

JPEG

Languages

  • eng