Title: New Buffalo and the marshes of Lake Pottowottomee at the mouth of the Galien River, Michigan shewing the facilities for constructing a harbor of refuge; from survey made in September 1857 by assistant John R. Mayer, under the direction of Brevet Lieut. Col. J.D. Graham Major, U.S.Top. Engineers. Superintending Engineer of Lake Harbor Works.
- Thematic maps
- 1857
- Not owned by MIT (Owned by University of Michigan)
- Graham, J. D. (James Duncan), 1799-1865
- Mayer, J. R. (John R.)
- United States. Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers
Dates
- Issued: 1857
- Coverage: 1857
- Coverage: 1857 to 1857
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 3 feet of perpendicular elevation." "Accompanying Lt. Colonel J.D. Graham's annual report (no. 200) to Chief Top. Engineer, dated Chicago, September 30th 1857." "Map G. No. 54." 1 map; 65 x 101 cm
Subjects
- Harbors
- Clark Library Map Collections
- sprint-mar2020
- 2022-creator-sprint
- FixedBBoxes
- bboxSprintJune2023
- Michigan--Galien River
- Michigan
- Maps
Geospatial coordinates
- Bounding Box: BBOX (-86.769876,-86.73321,41.809129,41.792032)
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. New Buffalo and the marshes of Lake Pottowottomee at the mouth of the Galien River, Michigan shewing the facilities for constructing a harbor of refuge; from survey made in September 1857 by assistant John R. Mayer, under the direction of Brevet Lieut. Col. J.D. Graham Major, U.S.Top. Engineers. Superintending Engineer of Lake Harbor Works.. Thematic maps. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clark1ic/x-001293829/39015091900848
Format
JPEG
Languages
- eng