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Title: Grand River Harbor, including part of the town of Grand Haven, Michigan from survey made in October 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: 1856
  • 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 Chief Top. Engineer, dated Chicago, November 15th 1856." "Map G. No. 40." 1 map; 54 x 99 cm

Subjects

  • Harbors
  • Clark Library Map Collections
  • sprint-mar2020
  • 2022-creator-sprint
  • FixedBBoxes
  • bboxSprintJune2023
  • Michigan--Grand Haven
  • Michigan
  • Maps

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (-86.256254,-86.217939,43.077527,43.054396)

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. Grand River Harbor, including part of the town of Grand Haven, Michigan from survey made in October 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.. Nautical charts. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clark1ic/x-001293821/39015091900954

Format

JPEG

Languages

  • eng